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RECORDS 



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The Proprietors 



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Worcester, Massachusetts. 



EDITED 1SY 

FRANKLIN P. RICE. 



In Four Parts : 

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RECORDS 



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FRANKLIN P. RICE. 




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Che wircfstrr fanttu if "^otiqiiiig. 

A: the Regular Meeting held June i. 1880. the Society voted 
to publish the Proprietary Records of Worcester, and Franklin 
P. Rice was appointed to edit the same. 

Daniel Seagraye, Scoria 



PART I. 

1667-1686. 



RECORDS 



OF 



The Proprietors. 



TN the early period after the establishment of the 
Colony of Massachusetts, the rapidly increasing 
population fed by emigration from the Old World, 
crowding into the few towns by the sea coast, created 
a demand and necessity for new settlements and a 
wider field of aclion. The restless and independent 
spirit of our ancestors chafed under confinement in 
narrow limits, and they longed to push out into the 
wilderness regardless of the dangers and hardships 
there to be encountered, to find homes where they 
could breathe the pure air of heaven and enjoy that 
liberty for which they had already sacrificed so much. 
The General Court, beset with appeals and petitions, 
having in some instances extinguished the Indian 
titles, but claiming authority over the whole tracl of 
country, granted from time to time, to individuals 
and companies, lands for farms and townships, and 
thither flocked the sturdy pioneers to lay the foun- 
dations by a life of toil and self-denial, of those 
communities of which our Commonwealth is to-day 
so justly proud. 



PROP. KEC. 



io Records of the Proprietors. 

The persons to whom these lands were given, and 
those who were afterwards associated with them, 
were termed Proprietors. The grants of land were 
made subject to certain conditions, usually settle- 
ment and cultivation, the maintenance of Christian 
worship and the establishment of schools. These 
settlements were controlled for the first few years, 
by committees appointed by the General Court, and 
under their direction the land was surveyed; the lots 
laid out to meet the requirements of those who be- 
came residents; and the general welfare of the com- 
munity insured. The committees were usually in- 
terested in the ownership of the place. 

The organization of these companies of Proprie- 
tors was maintained for a considerable length of time, 
some of them existing during the early part of the 
present century. A record of their proceedings was 
generally kept, and after the incorporation of the 
place, continued separate and distinct from the town 
affairs. These Proprietors' Books constitute a part 
of the archives of many of the older towns in Mas- 
sachusetts, though unfortunately, in some cases they 
have been lost or destroyed. Generally ante-dating 
by some years in their first entries, the records of 
the town proper, they furnish invaluable data for 
the groundwork of local history. 

The Proprietary Records of Worcester are con- 
tained in one thick quarto volume of about 350 
pages. They cover the period from 1667 to 1788, 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 1 1 

there being an hiatus from 1686 to 17 13, during 
which time no records were kept. The earlier por- 
tions, owing to age, use and neglect, are worn and 
mutilated, and some of the leaves have disappeared. 
The record from the permanent settlement in 1 7 1 3 
to the year 1788, is preserved intact. This portion 
comprises the plans, of which there are nearly three 
hundred. 1 

The first grant of land located in the vicinity of 
Worcester, was made by the General Court of Mas- 
sachusetts to Increase Nowell of Charlestown, May 
6, 1657, and comprised a tract of 3200 acres. Five 
years later, 1000 acres were given to the church in 
Maiden. October 19, 1664, 250 acres were granted 
to Ensign Thomas Noyes of Sudbury. 

The right of Increase Nowell was subsequently 
transferred to John and Josiah Haynes of Sudbury, 
and Nathaniel Treadaway of Watertown, who with 
Thomas Noyes as proprietors petitioned the General 
Court for the appointment of a committee to explore 
the country and report concerning its advantages 
for a settlement. Accordingly, October 11, 1665, 
Capt. Daniel Gookin, Capt. Edward Johnson, Lieut. 
Joshua Fisher and Lieut. Thomas Noyes were di- 
rected to make the survey, 2 but the death of Noyes 
soon after, together with other circumstances, pre- 

1 A copy of these Records \vas made in 1856 by Mr. Frank W. Bigelovv 
of Weston. Although containing many discrepancies, it has been of con- 
siderable service in making the transcript for this volume. 

2 For copies of the petition and order, see Lincoln's History of Worcester, 
appendix. 



12 Records of the Proprietors. [1667. 

vented the discharge of their duty. On the 15th 
of May, 1667, a new committee was appointed as 
appears by the following order: — 

A copy of an orderr of the General Court vpon which 

grounded & rrested : & is Sd to bee anexed as line 

At a Generall court held at Boston may the feefteenth 

Whearas this Court vpon the petition of ensigne [Noyes de- 
ceased] did nominate and appoint Capt Gookin and some 
othfers place about 10 miles westward from Marl- 
borrow Called Quandsicamond ponds and to make rreport 

the place was capable to make [a plantation 

hath hetherto been neglected through the death of Thomas Noyes 
and otherr impediments It is therrforre orrde[red] by this Count 
that Capt Daniel Gookin, Capt Edward Johnson Samuel Andrew 
& Andrrew Belcherr Senior orr any three of them [are] desired & 
impoured as a Comitte to take an exact view of the Said pflace] 
as soone as conueniently they can & to make a true rreporrt to this 
cofurt] wheitherr it be capable to make a village & what numberr 
offamil[ies] they conceue may bee therre Accomadated, and if 
they find it fit for [a] plantation then to offer vnto this court some 
meet expedient ho[w] the same may bee setled & improued 
forr the publike good & this court prohibit the laying out of any 
grants in the said place vntill the Comit[tee] haue made their rre- 
turne w c h the court would haue don by the next session of this 
Court if it may : That this is a true coppy taken out of the Courts 
Records Attest. 

Edward Rawson Secreit 

The service appears to have been performed by 
Gookin, Johnson and Belcher, who presented the 
report which follows: 



1 The figures in brackets indicate the pages in the manuscript. Dots or 
words in brackets show the portions missing in the original. 



1 668.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 13 

[2] 
At a General count held at Boston the 24 th of ocloberr 1668 
For a plantation at Quansikamud now Called wocester wee 
haue acording to the Courrts orrderr (heirvnto anexed) [viewed 
the] place therrin mentioned and find it to bee about 12 miles 
from Marrlborrough nearre theRoad to Sprringfeild and that [it is] 
a trra£t of very good Chestnut tree land, a large quantitye but [of 
meadow] wee find not so much, beecause a very considerable 
quantitee of [meadow] & vpland about fine thousand accerrs is 
laid out to parrticularr [persons] & confirmed by this courrt as wee 
arre informed which falls within [this] trracl: of land, vizt to Ensigne 
Noyes Deceased and his brretherren [three] thousand & two hun- 
dred accerrs, vnto the Church of maiden one tho[usand] accerrs 
vnto otherrs bought of Ensigne [Noyes] fine hundred accerrs : 
But [ail this] notwithstanding wee conceue therre may bee enough 
medow forr a [small] plantation orr towne of about thirrty families 
«S: if those farmes be anexed to it, it may Supply about Sixty fam- 
ilies. Therrforre wee [deem] it expedient, That the honoured 
court wilbe pleased to rreserue it fo[r a] towne, beeing conuen- 
iently scituated & wel waterred with ponds [and brooks] & Being 
nearre midway beetwene Boston & Springfeild about one [day's] 
ioyrny from either, For the Setling wherrof wee do offerr vnto [the] 
court that which followed! 

1 : That therre bee a meet proportion of land granted & laid 

out [for a] town in the best forrme the place wil bearre 
about the [area] of eight miles squarre 

2 : That a prrudent and able Comittee Bee appointed and im- 

po[wered] by this courrt, to lay it out, to admit inhabitants 
and orderr the affairres of this place, in formeing the towne, 
granting lotts [and] dirrecling & orrderring all matterrs of a 
prudentiall nature, [untill] the place be setled with a sufi- 
cient numberr of inhabitants & psons [of] discretion to orr- 
derr the affaires therrof in the iudgment of the cou[rt] 

3 : That due carre be taken by the Said comittee, that a good 

ministerr [of] Gods word bee placed therre, as Soone as may 



14 Records of the Proprietors. [1669. 

bee, that Such people [as may] therre bee planted may not 
hue like lambs in a large place 
4 : That therre be two or thrree hundred accers of land with a 
proportio[n of] medow in Some conuenient place at the dis- 
cretion of the Comittee [reserved] and layd out, forr the 
comonwealth & the comittee to haue powerr & lib[erty] to 
Setle inhabitants therrvpon forr hues orr time vpon a smal 
Rent to bee paid afterr the firste Seauen yearres 

Daniel Gookin Edward Johnson 
Andrew Belcher 

The Court approues of this rreturne, & orders that Capt Daniel 
Go[okin], Capt Thomas Prrentice, m r Daniel Henchman & leist 
Richard Beeres [be] a Committee orr any thrree of them wherrof 
Capt Gookin to bee one as is desirred and rreturned. 

This is a true coppy taken ovt of the Courts records as 
Attest Edward Rawson Secret. 

At a meeting held in June, 1669, the Committee 
subscribed to the following articles and rules for the 
government of the proposed settlement: 



The names of the Comitte 
Psent 



Records of the orrderrs and 
Agrreements of the Comittee 
Daniel Gookin Esq appointed & authorized by the 

Cap 1 Thomas Prentice Generall Court, forr mannaging 

M r Daniel Henchman J & orderring a new plantation 

about forrteen miles westward 

from marlborouh near Quandsitamund pond : now Called Worces- 
ter which arre laid as foundation principles & Rules concerning the 
affayres of that place : concluded at A meeting of the Comitte in 
Cambridge July 6 th 1669 

1 It is agreed, & concluded by the Said Comittee, that this 
place at p s t by rreason of Straitnes of meddow, cannot wel bee 
prroporrtioned to aboue ninty twenty fiue accerr house lotts 
at p e sent 



1669.] Worcester, Massac Jmsetts. 15 

2 It is agreed and concluded these lotts shall bee prroptioned 
as folovvs the meanest inhabitant, not to haue les then an twenty 
fiue ac[re] house lot ; others two twenty fiue accerr lotts, 
otherrs three twenty fiue accer house lotts & Some fowerr 25 
acer house lotts wherin rrespecl is [to] bee had to the qual- 
ity, estate, usefulnes and otherr considerations [of] the psons 
& family, vnto whome these lotts arre granted, according [as] 
the comittee in y 1 ' discretion Shal think expedient. 

3 It is agreed ordered & established that all allowances to the 
mainteyn[ence] of the minstry, and all towne Rates Shalbe 
paid & proportioned vpon the inhabitants, from time to time 
& forr euer according to proportion] & diuision of house 
lots : that is to say, if a twenty fiue accer lot [is] required to 
pay one Shilling then two twenty fiue accer lotts is to p[ay] 
two Shillings three 25 accer lots three Shillings & hee y l hath 
fower twe[nty] fiue accere lotts fower Shilling & the Same 
proportion in greater [or] lesser Sums (exept vpon experience 
it bee found inconueient in afterr time and So bee alterred by 

the comittee w'h the Generall consent of the people & 

propritorrs in the lots : 

4 It is ordered & agreed that all diuision of medow land and 
otherr afterr diuisions of land within the Said towne Shalbe 
made answerable & in pro [portion] to the house lotts & also 
all diuisions of woods timberr & pastorage wh[ich shall] or 
may hearatterr hapen to be diuided or apropriated Shalbe 
rregulated acco[rding] to the grants of the house lots 

5 That this towne shalbe cast into so many diuisions orr endships 
as mayest bee most conuenient forr accomodation of the peo- 
ple forr improuement in the most aduantagious mannerr both 
of the comons & propritys 

6 That there bee large high waies left both betwene the diuisions 
& among [the] lotts forr the turning & driuing Catle into the 
comons and conuenient pastures forr sheep 

7 That the propritorr of each lot doe keepe cleare the high wy 
against his lott of vnderrwood, and wherre a way lies betwene 
two lotts each proprieter is to cleare the vnderwood aganst 



1 6 Records of the Proprietor's. [ 1 669. 

his lot, so farre as y c halfe of the high way & all this is to be 
don from time to time vpon the penalty of paying Sixpence 
forr euery rod vncleared of vnder wood wch penaltys arre to 
be paid to the towne in a way of forrfeit for Such neglect & the 
mony So forfeited Shalbe imploy[ed] forr clearing the high 
wayes wherre it is omitted & neglected 

8 : That the most conuenient place nearest the midle of the 

towne & adjacent to [the] ministerrs lot At the appointment 
of the Comitte bee set aparte & improu[ed] forr placeing the 
meeting house forr the worship of God vpon it and that a 
conuenient lot of fifty acers : for the pprity of the first min- 
ister bee laide out as nearre as may bee to the said place forr 
a meeting house. 

9 That their bee a l[ot of] fifty aceres laid in the next conue- 
nient place [not] farre [from the forr the ministry that 

shall suceed in that villiage [in future times lotts 

for the first minister & ministry shall haue [the same quan- 
tity 

[6] 10 It is orderred and agreed that those persons who make the 
firrst beginning to setle this towne may make improuement 
(with the allowance of the Comittee orr any two of them ) of 
any medovv orr indian broken vp land though it fall not with- 
in theirr lotts, & if such improuerr Shall fence anny part therr- 
of the pson in whose lot such improuement or fencing shall 
fall, when it is diuided, Shall pay and satisfy the first improu- 
err answerable to the benifit that shall acrew to him or them 
by such fencing & improuement to bee agreed betwene the 
pties to mutuall satisfaction, but in case of difference it Shalbe 
determined by this comittee or selectmen if Such Shalbe at 
y l time 
11 It is ordered & concluded that all comon charges that Shal 
orr may arise orr bee expended forr the Generall good & be- 
hoofe of this towne, as purchase of the indians, Field Suruaing 
of the towne & drawing a plat of it, laying out lotts, of comon 
concerne, procuring a minister poinding for him building a 
ministerrs house, orr meeting house orr any otherr matterr or 



1 669.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 17 

thing conducing to the publicke welfarre or good of the place, 
Shall all bee paid & prouided forr by a common Stock rraised 
vpon the inhabitants in pportion according to their rrespec"liue 
grants & house lotts ; (that of the ministers & ministry & Scoole 
only exepted) And if any morre lotts Shalbe granted afterr 
the first setling the towne, beeforre they bee entered in the 
towne book & confirmed to the grantee they Shall pay their 
proportion, vnto such coraon charges : that haue been forrmer- 
ly expended orr disbursed forr the vse of the towne 

12 That their bee a place rreserued in comon nearre the centerr 
of the towne conuenient forr that purrpose about twenty aceres 
forr a trayning place & to set a Scoole house vpon as nearre 
as may bee wherre the meeting house Shalbe placed 

13 It is orrdered & concluded that all who haue lotts granted & 
laid out and acept therrof & they arre entered in the towne 
booke Shall make improue[ment] & Setle an inhabitant ac- 
ceptable to the comittee within three yeares afterr their grant 
is confirmed & pay theirr proportion of comon charges as 
aboue, otherwise the Said lot or lotts Shall rreturne againe 
into the hands of the Comittee to be disposed of to any otherr 
pson ; & the pty so forfeiting] his or therre lot to loose his 
proporrtion of any comon charge disbursed by [him] prouided 
allwais the Comitte doth rreserue power in their hands to dis- 
[pense] with the strictness of this orrder in case of the hand 
of diuine puidence disabeling Such a pson orr otherr iust 
rreason forr such an omision 

14 That forr the incouragement of building a corn mill & saw 
mill within the p c sincl:s of the Said towne & forr the comon 
Benefit therrof It is ordered an[d] ag[r]eed by the Comitte 
that any place vpon the rriuer orr brook called the mill brook 
Running not farre from the old indian forrt through the med- 
owes neare the Road way bee reserued to set a corne mill & 
Saw mil vpon, in the most fit place therrof with free agress & 
regress to & from it and about an accer of ground laid to it 
for to build a house for a miller, to bee aproprietatated to y e 

PROP. REC. ~ 



1 8 Records of the Proprietors. [1669. 

mill, more [over] do grant a fifty accer lot with all acomoda- 
tions to it vnto such pson or psons [as] Shall build & main- 
teyne Said mills, the lot is to bee laid out with most Con . . . 

not yet laid out, also liberty is granted to the owners 

of the Saw mill to cut timber vpon any lands to Saw forr the 
vse of y e towne. 

15 That there bee a lot of twenty fiue accers laid out w'h all 
aptences & priuiledges to it forr & towards the mayntenance 
of a Scoole & Scoolemaster & to bee & raimaine to that vse 
& end forr euerr. 

16 It is ordered & concluded that the comittee do rreserue pow- 
err in their hands [with] liberty to grant morre lotts ouerr 
and aboue those aboue mentioned if they Shal find the place 
capable to bearre it in future times & that it [is] like to cond- 
[uce] vnto the publike aduantage of the said plantation, & Such 
lots arre to ha[ve] theirr proportion in otherr diuisions they 
paying theirr due proportion [of the] comon charges 

17 That there bee two hundred & fifty accers 

with meadows] laid [out in the most convenient place] next 

adjoyning vnto the laid out for [ ] lots for the 

according to the of the Gen 11 

court 

Daniel Gookin 
t 



1669.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts, 



19 



Wee whose names are vnderwrritten being purposed and fuly in- 
tending] (with the assistance of God) to Setle ourr Selues inhab- 
itants vpon a new p[lanta]tion nearre quandsikamund pond called 
now worceser & granted by the Honerable General! Court of Mas- 
sachusetts in New England vnto Danie[l] Gookin Esquire, Capt 
Thomas Prrentice, Capt Daniel Henchman & Lei[ut] Richard 
Beeres the Said Gen" Courts Committee appointed to orrderr & 
Set [tie the] Same, to Admitt Inhabitants, to grant Lotts, &orderr 
the affaires thereof accord [ing] to an orderr of the Genera 11 Court 
bearreing date October 14 th 1668 refferrence therevnto beeing had 
may morre fully appearre, wee who have hereafterr Subscribed our 
names haueing lotts granted vs therre the quantities rrespectiuely 
beeing in this book hearafter recorded : & a breefe mention of y c 
number of o r hous lot accers annexed in a Coll[umn] at the ends 
of our names : wee do hereby ingage and oblidge ourrselues I heires 
executorrs and assignes seueraly vnto the Said eommittee & the 
honble Gen 11 Court & allso each vnto otherr as wee are or shalbe 
inhabitants [of] the Said plantation of Worcester & doe declarre 
that wee doe & haue taken & accepted of ourr respectiue house 
lotts granted to vs ourr heires & assignes forr euerr : according to 
the article [s,] agreements, orderrs & conditions beforre expresed 
& recorded in this booke signed by the Comittee orr three of them 
& wee do furtherr ingage & bind ourselues ourr heirres executorrs 
& assignes to perrforme & obserue & keepe our respe[6tive] du- 
ties & couenants as is aboue exp e sed : In witnes wherrof wee 
haue Sett o[ur] hands 



No 
Accers 



No 
Accers 



20 Records of the Proprietors. 

On the 27th of May, 1669, a petition 1 was pre- 
sented by the Committee praying the General Court 
to annul the grants previously made to the Maiden 
church and to Thomas Noyes, and to relinquish the 
right of the Commonwealth to the meadow lands in 
the center of the town. The request in relation to 
the grants was refused, but the meadow was re- 
leased. 

Various obstacles now intervened and it was not 
until the year 1673 that the efforts of the proprie- 
tors were successful in effecting a settlement. The 
right of Thomas Noyes had been sold by his heirs 
to Ephraim Curtis of Sudbury, who had taken pos- 
session of a tracl of about five hundred acres in the 
center of the place and erecled a house thereon. 
This establishment interfering with the plans of the 
Committee in regard to the equitable division of the 
land, they again appealed to the General Court to 
aid them in overcoming the difficulty. 2 After a hear- 
ing, Curtis was allowed to retain fifty acres in the 
town, and in lieu of the remainder was given 250 
acres in the general apportionment without the 
bounds of the place. The claim of the Indians was 
now to be adjusted, and a tracl; of land eight miles 
square was purchased, the consideration being 
twelve pounds lawful money. The deed bears date 
July 13, 1674. 3 

In April, 1675, the work of surveying the land 

Printed in Lincoln's History of Worcester. 2 Ibid. 3 Ibid, appendix. 



1 675.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 21 

* 

was beoam. Lots were laid out, confirmed and re- 
corded as follows: — 



[7] 



A returne of Lotts at Quansicmud Survaid by Dauid Fiske Surr- 
uay r don about the midst of Aprill 1675 aud arre herr vnderr rre- 
corded. 

In the west squadron orr Diuision one the north side 
of Conecktitut Road. 

Grraunted & layd out vnto Beniamin [Thomas ?] Hall to him 
& his heires forr [ever] A house lot [] twenty fiue accers, bounded 
withe the countrry rroad [from] Boston to Conecktitut S. S. E : 
Comon land : W. S. W. & N. N. W : Capt Dan[iel] Gookin E. N 
E. : his brreadth is twenty Six Poles, his length on hundre[d and] 
Sixty pole ; the side lines of this squadron arre all parralel & runne 
N W & B N \ northerrly the further head line rrunns N. E. & By 
E Estherly & the end next the countrry rroad the highway is his. 
bounds. 

Grranted & layd outt vnto Daniel Gookin eq sen r to him & his heirs 
forr euerr a house lott forr fifty accerrs bounded with Beniamin 
Hall W. S. W. Samuel Gookin his sonn E. N. E : the country road 
S. S. E. & Comon lands N. N. W : his side lines N. W. cSz by N \ 
northerly his hed line ran S. W. & by W westerly his brreadth 
fifty fowerr pole 

Granted & laid out vnto Samuel Gookin (Son vnto Capt Gookin) 
to him & his heires for euer a house lott forr twenty fiue ccerrs, 
bounded with the country rroad S. S. E. with Daniel Gookin his 
fatherr W. S. W. Symon Meylins E. N. E. comon lands N. N. W. 
his side lines runn parrelel with his fatherrs & all the rrest of the 
squadron & his Bredth twenty Six poles 

Bgp" these 2 lotts contain 75 accers Belong to maij. Gen Dan Gook 



22 Records of the Proprietors. [1675. 



Symon Meylins Granted & layd out to him & his heires for euer 
[a] house lott forr twenty fiue accerrs, Bounded with Samuel 
G[ookin] on the west S : W, A high way fowerr rrod wide hetwne 
him & Ephra[im] Curtis E. N. E. the country rroad S. S. E. 
Comon lands N. N. W. his head l[ines] S W & by W westerly & 
the Side lines of this squadron runne all parralel N .'. & by N 3 
northerrly. 



Grrnted & Layd out to Ephraim Curtis to him & his heires forr 
[ever] A fifty accer lott in complyance with an order of the Gen- 
eral Court June 5 th 1674 : or rather at a Court held may 27 1674 
at wch court therre was a difference detirmined betwene the Com- 
itte for this plantation & y c Said Curtis about a grant of 250 accers 
Curtis claimd in this place ; but his grant was made Nul in this 
place exept only a fifty accer lot where hee had begun to build a 
smal house : wch is now laid out & is Bounded W S W with a high 
way fower polle wide betwixt him &: Symon meylin w'h Capt Dan- 
iel Henchman E N. E : the country Road South Easterly Comon 
land N westerly his breadth vpon a square fifty pole but his head 
line are Rombus because of the turne of the country road which 
begins at the head of his land So y' the length of his head line vp- 
on the Rombus is Sixty nine pole & Runns N N E northerly \ his 
Side lines parelel w'h the rest of y e Squadron 



Granted & laid out vnto Capt Daniel Henchman to him & his 
heires for euer a house [lotj forr twenty fiue accerrs Bounded with 
Ephraim Curtis W S W. Leonard Hoare E N E The Country 
road S easterly Comon land N westerly his head lines are Rombus 
as the for[mer] and Runns N N. E northerly thirty eight pole his 
side lines aire paralel w'h the rest of the Squadron orr Diuision 



1 675.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 23 

[8] 



Granted & layd vto Dr Leonard Hoarr to him & his heyres forr 
euerr a house lot of twenty hue accerrs bounded with Capt Daniel 
Henchman W. S. W. Comon land N N E & N W Country road 
S E his head lines not so much Rombus as the former because the 
contry road barre of a litle his head lines beeing parralell Runn N 
E & by N northerly thirty one pole : his Side lines paralel w'h the 
rest of the Squadrron. 

This lot resigned vp by his Executor Mrs Bridget Vsher & in stead there- 
of fower planting lots containing] 40 accer granted recorded page 24 



In the west Squadron orr Dinision one the South Side of 
the Countrry rroad in quandsicamd now Worcester town 
granted the lotts following yuly 8 th 1673 

Granted vnto Phineas Vpham to him & his heires forr euerr a 
house Lott forr fifty accers, Bounded with the Countrry road N N 
W : with the Comon E N E with Philip Atwood W. S. W. with 
millbrook S. S E. being in Breadth vpon the road to Coneticut 
about on hundred & ten pole in depth to the millbrook about ninty 
pole, the Side lines Runne SSE&NNW: this lot layd out by 
Capt Gookin with the approbation of the rest of the comittee & 
Although it Should containe morre then fifty accerrs ; yet the Com- 
itee haue confirmed it to him for a fifty accer lot morre or Less, 
and this the comittes doth vpon a Rule of Justice & Equity in 
Consideration of the laubor trauile & a&iuity of the Said Vpham, 
from time to time in furthering aduanceing & encouraging the Set- 
lement of the Said plantation 



Granted vnto Philip Atwood to him & his heires forr euerr a 
house Lott forr fifty accerrs in the Same Diuision 



24 Records of the Proprietors. [1675. 



Granted vnto Triall Newberry to him & his heires forr euer a 

house lot forr twenty fiue akers 

figg?" This lot is resigned vp & Triall Newbery receud his mony Bache from 
Capt Henchman 

[9] Layd out in the mldle Squadron orr Diuision on the 
north of the Country Road 

Granted & layd out (By mr John flint of Concord Suruaior) vn- 
to Tho[mas] Browne to him & his heires forreuerr a fifty akre 
house Lott & is bou[nded] with the country road: S: E with 
Richard Dana N. W. Jacob Dana S [ ] A high way N. E his 
breadth N. W. & S. E is 50 poll his length by y c way is [ ] S. W 
& N. E : 

$§^° This Lott resigned vp & a grant made to him of a lott of 60 accers 
on or neare the same suruaid by Dauid Fisk platted & Recorded page 28 



Granted & layd out to Richard Dana : (by S d Flynt) to him & 
his [heirs] forr euer a fifty accers house lott, bounded with Thom- 
as Brown [ ] High waies north east & S. E. common lands S 
west his breadth N. W & S E is 50 poll his depth parelel w'h 
Thomas Brown 1 60 poll : N E & S W : a high way N . VV. betwene 
him & Joel Jenkins 

g^T" This lot resigned & his disbursment repayd by Capt Henchman 

Granted to Joel Jenkins (layd out by Dauid fiske Suruaior) to 
him [and his] heires forr euer fowrr twenty fiue accer Lotts or on 
hundred accers for . . his Sonns, bounded S E with a high way 
beetwene him & Richard D[ana] which line &: his opposite bee- 
ing paralell runne S. W. 160 pol his [ ] lines Run N N W west- 
erly 113 poll bounded with high waies N [ ] & S : E Comon land 
N. W. & S. W. 

8®* This lot resigned & his disbursment repaid By Capt Henchman 



i675-l Worcester, Massachusetts. 25 



Granted to Jacob Dana (laid out by Dauid fiske Surueye r ) to 
him & his heires fofr euerr A twenty fine accere lott on the north 
Side of the country road & Runns by Thomas Browns N. W north- 
erly 50 pole : the Southwest Side runs parrelel to it the same length 

Line by the country road runs S. W. & by W. westerly 80 

pole [ ] bounded with the country road S. E Thomas Brown N. 
E Com[mon] land S. VV. & N W 

$£$" This lot resigned cS; his money repaid by Capt Henchman 



In the mydle Diuision on the South Side of the Contrey 
Road & one the East Side of mil Brooke. 

Granted to Captain Thomas Prentice & his heires forr euer (laid 
out by Dauid fiske Suruayor on house lot of fif [ty] acceres the 
three long lines are all parralel & runne E . . . . northerly his 
length 160 poles the head lynes are parelel & Run S S W westerly 
& beeing Rombus to his Side lynes arre 68 pole : & is bounded 
w'h Comon land west & north & East And w*h Beniamin web 
South. 

J8@" This lott chainged wth Capt Henchman for two 25 Accer lott laid 
out Sam l'righam Gershom Eames 



Granted to Beniamin web his heires & assignes & laid out by 
Dauid fis[ke] A lot of 50 Accers bounded wth Capt prentice 

North, the lot for & Comon land South : Comon land 

E. & Comon land w : where it is intend [ed a] Country road Shal 

goe his length 1 60 pole his head lines parrelel but 

to his Sides & South S. W. 67 pol \ 

g^" This lot resigned & his mony repaid by Capt Dan Henchman 



PKOP. REC. 



26 Records of the Proprietors. [1675. 

[10] 

Granted & Laid out for the first Learned pious & orthodox 
Minister & to his heires for euer A lot containing about forty Accers 
morre or less A highway to lye through it most Conuently : bound- 
ed on the N with Beniamin web & Comon land : the N Side Runns 
from the Brook East & by north northerly 127 poll his east Side 
runns S. S. E. Southerly 1 10 pol & the South Side is paralel to the 
North line 50 poll, the west line to the Brooke 30 pole : the brook 
beeing the bounds to the Corner 

Granted & Laid out To Beniamin Crane of Sudbury & his heires 
fifty accers his lines North Eighty pole west on hundred pol Bound- 
ed with Thomas Hall East Comon land west north & South 

g®" This lot Resigned by Crane & Satisfaction given him cS: is now grant- 
ed to peter Golding of Boston 

Granted & Layd to Thomas Hall [his] heires liueing in wooburn 
A lott of twenty fiue accers, East of Beniamin Crane the length 
eighty poll, the breadth fifty polle Bounded with Beniamin Crane 
west, Comon land North East & South 

These two lotts last entered lye together distant from any other 
vpon a hill towards the great pond of Quandsicmond to the South 
ward of Capt prentices his lott about Easte a mile 



All these Lotts aboue mentioned were Suruayd by Dauid Fiske 
of Cambridge Suruayor about the midle of Aprill 1675 & Returne 
made by the Comitte of y c Gen 11 Court appointed to order y l plan- 
tation vizt Daniel Gookin Esqr Capt Thomas prentis Capt Daniel 
Henchman & Liest Richard Beeres 



675-] Worcester, Massachusetts. 27 



more lotts layd out by dauid fiske at that Same time In 
the eastern Squadron lying next the Contry road to 
Boston 

Granted & Layd out to Joseph waight 1 & his heyres a lot of 
twenty fine Accers bounded w'h John prouender East John Shaw 
west High way nodi Contry road South Bredth 25 pole 

To John prouender of maiden & his heires for euer Granted & 
Layd out A lot of 25 Accers, Bounded [with] Joseph wayht west, 
Samuel Brigham East Highway north, Contry road south Breadth 
26 pole vpon the Square But the head is Rombus because of the 
turne of the country road 

M 

Granted & Layd out to Samuel Brigham of marlboro[ugh] & 
his heires for euer a twenty fiue Accer lott, Bounded with John 
Prouender west, the Country road South, a high way north, 4 pole 
wide, a high way 6 pole wide east beetwixt y c Said Brigham & 
Gershom Eames. 

fi^f" This lot resigned & his disburse repaid by Capt Dan Henchman 

Gershom Eames had a Lot of 25 Accers layd out in this diuision 
Squadron But no indian purchase was paid & the pson is de [ceas- 
ed] & therfore it Signifyes nothing 

gfg^ These 2 lotts now belong to Capt Tho : prentis 

Granted & Layd out to Thomas Grouer of maiden & to his 
heires for euer A twenty hue Accer Lott, Lying at the North end 
of John Curtis & John Fay, & John Shaw exept a high way 4 pole 
wide that lye at the head of these lotts, his Side line 150 poll, next 
y c lotts his north Side 100, his bre[adth] 55, there is a large high 
way at His west end w c h Runns aslant Cutting that end of his lot 
into a triangle The other end make two right Angls or a true 
Square 

'Of Marlborough. 



2 8 Records of the Proprietors. [1675. 



John paul of Maiden, Granted & layd out to h[im] & his heires 

&c fifty Accers, north west of Thomas Grouers But not Joyneing, 

But a large highway between John Pauls cornerr & the Slant end 

of Grours lott This land Joynes to John Shaw Second Lott now 

Simon meylins on the west Side & runs north & by west 148 polle 

his north end Runns we[st] & bee South 53 poll, his east Side 

runns Parrelel to his west Side, his South end runns west to John 

Shaw 

8@p" This Lot was Suruayd But hee hath not paid his indian purchase 
& therefore it is not yet ratified by ye Comitle to him 



Granted & Layd out to John Fay of marlborough & to his heires 
for euer a fifty accer Lott Bounded w l h John Curtis west John 
Shaw East highway 4 pole wide north Country road South. 

Bfe|f° This Lot resigned & his mony pd back by Capt Henchman 



To John Curtis of Sudbury granted a lot of 44 [a] ceres bound- 
ed with John Fay East Highway west & north, Country road South, 
his head line next the Road 8 pole, his north end Seuenty Six pole 
Runns E no E Easterly & So doth the north end of all the Lotts 
in the Squadron his Side lyne next John Fay 1 60 rod : 

figgf For this lot no indian purchase is paid & Therfore tis not Confirm [ed] 
or Ratifyed by the Comittee to him 



Layd out to John Shaw [ ] of maiden a lot of 25 Acc[ers] in 
the foresaid diuision Bounded w'h John fay west Joseph waight 
East Highway north Country road South 

B@"This man rremoued Since to Another Jurisdiction & hath not pa[id] 
His Indian purchase & therfore his lott is not Ratified to him by the Comittee 



1 675.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 29 

[M] 

Laid out to Gershom Earns of marlborough A lot of 25 Accerr 
East of Samuel Brighams Lot his length 1 20 pole running paralel 
to the Rest of y c Squadron his Bredth 36 pol the head lynes Run 
N N. E . . poll this lot falls Short of the rest of y c lotts at Both 
ends 

This person is dead & has neur paid the indian purchase & so the lot is 
not Confirmd by the Comitte it now belong to Capt prents 



/// another Squadron in the way to Lancaster Laid out 
j lotts as followcs their lines arr all parelel, but the head 
lynes arre Rombus runne North by East Easterly their 
Side lines 

To Michael Fleg of watertown a twenty fiue accer lott bounded 
with High way South, Land not layd out north & west, Joshua 
Bigola East his length 180 rod, by his head line 25 rod allowed 
Som out for wast land 

figgs" For this lot yr is no indian purchase paid & So tis not confirmed by 
the Comitte 



To Joshua Bigellow of watertown Laid out a lott of 25 Accers 
in length & Bredth as michall Flegs is bounded w'h michall Fleg 
west & w'h Joseph Beamis East High way South Comon land north 

Bggp 3 For this lot yr is no indian purchase paid cS: so tis not ratifyed by the 
Comitte 



To Joseph Beamis Laid out 25 Accers of the Same length & 
Breadth of Joshua Bigolow bounded w'h Joseph Bigolo west, Com- 
mon land East & North a high way South 

J6@f For this Lot yr is no indian purchase mony paid <S: therfor tis not 
confirmed by the Comitte 



30 Records of the Proprietors. [1675. 



In the former diuision omitted &* no7v entered 

Granted And Layd out to Symon meylin a Second Lott of 25 
Accers w c h was at first layd to John Shaw for a Second lott but he 
relinquishing it the Said meylin is granted it his line Runns North 
& by west Eighty two rod, the other line runs west & by South 5 1 
rod bounded wh land not Laid out exept y l of John paul y* joynes 
to part of his east Side 

An Acco 1 of Some other Lotts granted 6° the Indian pur- 
chase mony paid But the lotts not layd out as yet but ought 
to bee laid out if the Said psons herafter named desired 
vizt 

To william Teylr of maiden A 25 Acer Lot 

To Jonathan Tredaway of Sudbury A 25 Accer Lot 

To william Adams a Shoo makerr ) . A T 

.,, ,- j oji r^2s /\ccer i_<ott 

either of concord or Sudbury j J 

These three are the psons that haue pel the indian purchase mony to 
whome lotts ware granted but not layd out 



Some progress had been made in the settlement 
and a few buildings erected, when the breaking out 
of King Philip's war in the summer of 1675, put a 
period to further operations. The inhabitants aban- 
doned the place in alarm, and in December following 
the buildings were destroyed by the Indians. 

The war ended with the death of Philip in August 
1676. The Comittee now exerted themselves to re- 
establish the settlement, but the fears excited by the 
recent depredations of the savage foe were not easily 
quieted. The planters were urged to return, but 
"there was no going by any of them, or hope that 



I679-] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



3i 



they would do so : for divers of them being impor- 
tuned to go would not." For several years the ef- 
forts of the Committee were without success. 

At a meeting of the Committee and others inter- 
ested, held at Cambridge, March 3, 1678, 1 the fol- 
lowing agreement was signed, but it seems to have 
been barren of result: 



\_Af\aj* Daniel Gookin 
Ma/' Dan Henchman 
Cap I Tho : prentis 

These arre of ye 
Committee 

\_Dan~\ iell Jenkins 
Richard Dnna 
Philip Atliuood 
Thomas : Broiunc 
John Pa nil 
Thomas Grouer 
John Fay 
Thomas Hall 
Thomas Skinner 
John Beamis 
Richard Tree 
Michall Flegg 
\_J~\ohn Vpham 
\Wi~\Uiam Teylcr 
\_Be~\ niamin webb 
\Sy\mon Meylin 

catio[n] of y ur Children in Scooles 4 
for the better Accomodation of Trades men 5 th for Better Helps 
to [Ciuility?] 6 th for more conuenient Helps in case of Sicknes 
fyre or other Casualty. 

3 it is agreed y' each psons lot in y c towne be equal to build vp- 
on : & not to exeed halfe an accer In land or thereabouts. 



At a meeting of Seuarall persons 
Interested] in the plantation of 
Qwansicamend 

At Cambridge march. 3. 167;, 

1 It is agreed by all the persons named 
in the margent that God willing they in- 
tend & purpose : (if God spare life & 
peace continue to endeuo r either in their 
psons, or by their Relations or by their 
purses to Setle the Said plantation : Som 
time the next Sumer come twelue month 
w c h Shalbe in yeare of our lord 1 680 : — 
2 ly they doe ingage to build in a way of 
a towne According [to] a modell pro- 
posed by major Gookin & major Hench- 
man or Some modell equiualent there- 
vnto for the Attainig these Six ends 
1 Security from the enimys in case 2 ly 
for the beter Conuenicy of Atending 
Gods worship thirdly for Better Edu- 



th 



'Old style. 



32 Records of the Proprietors. [1684. 

4. That all former grants of lotts bee continu[ed] to the pro- 
ptys 

5. that in case any mans Lot bee at to great a Distance from 
y c towne hee Shalbe accomadete [d] w th land nearerr the tovvne y' is 
free 

6 : that the most conuenient place is to be chos[en] & pitch' 1 
vpon to build y e Towne : Somtime this next Sumer by the Comitee 
& y cc majo r part of Such of y e people as goe vp to view the plase 
we intended this next may if God please 

7 That aftter y° plase is chosen & pitch* 1 vpon others that aire 
not p c sent do ingage to Subscribe?] to it & Setle theire 

This was don & vnanimously agreed by all the persons p p scnt 
aboue named the day & yeare aboue written w c h is Attested by 
me 

Daniel Gookin 

Serf Attcstour 



In 1682 the Committee were notified by the Gen- 
eral Court that the grant would be forfeited if some 
measures were not taken to re-settle the place. The 
necessity for decided action was now apparent, and 
Capt. Daniel Henchman having submitted a plan 
for accomplishing the desired result, after some de- 
lay an agreement was entered into as follows: 

The Agreement Betwne the Committee for the plantation 
of Quansikamund Allius Worcester vizt 

Maior General Daniel Gookin \ 

Captaine Thomas Prentice <S: > The Comittee on the one 

Capt Daniel Henchman ) [p art ] 

And 
Captaine Daniel Henchman & his copartners on the oth[er] 

Is hearafter Recorded in this Towne Booke aco[rding] to 
couenant, as followeth 



1 684.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 33 

Boston Aprill 24 th 
1684 



By the Committee for the plantation of 
Quansikamon (Allius worsterr 

Wherreas the Hono r ed Generall Court did in the yeare 1668 
Appoint & impower S d Comittee to lay out the Said place to [the] 
contents of eight miles Squarre ; Admit Inhabitants, forme the 
T[own], Graunt lotts, and order all matters of a prudentiall nature 
vntill those who were dwelling there, sufficient to maunage af- 
fayr[es] as by record of S d Court may appearre, 

And wherras S d commitee in orderr to iust Setlem[ent] of S' 1 
place, did not only purchase of the indians dwelling there & pak- 
achauge land to the quantity beefore granted as by de[ed] Record- 
ed may appeare, But also after much care paynes and charge for 
a long time, did in the yeares 74 & 75 pcurre S[aid] planters to 

Setle there, who building after the manner of werre not 

when the indian warr Brake forth ; able to defend th[em] Selues ; 
but quited the Sd plase to their owne and the country's] great 
dammage 

And wheras in the year 78, S d warr beeing ouer, S d Committee 
ordered [the] planters to returne to the Said place by the yeare 
80 & bui[ld] together as to defend themselues : But there was no 
goeing by an[y] of them, or hope that they would So doe, for di- 
uers of them importu[ned to] goe, would not. And no other 
persons pesenting, the S d place was like to bee lost : for in October 
82 : the Generall Court the[n sitting] Information was then giuen 
that if Something was not [done] to begin the S d place it would 
bee Lost. 

Hervpon that the Said plantation might bee Secured, the first 
planters preuailed with to ReSetle ; others incouraged to plant . . . 
.... publicke occasions prouided for ; Recompense made to them 
who ha[ve] laboured herin ; those rewarded y l Shall forward the 
Said plase, manufa[6lures] promoted ; the country aduantaged, 
Trauelers Accomodated not any damnified that 



PROP. RKC. 



34 Records of the Proprietors. [1684. 

arc Concerned. Daniel Henchman of the Said Committee, pro- 
posed on behalfe of himselfe [and] diuers in company with him 
seuerall things which if conse[nted] to by the Said Committee : 
would become vndertakers to begin the Settling [of] the Said 
place 

Vpon this there were at Seuerall times diuers deba[tes] and 
Agreements betwixt the Said Comittee-& S d Hen[chman] [14] as 
Aforesaid and at last a full conclusion made of all particulrs & 
herin after signed by S d Comitte & also by the Said Daniel Hench- 
man on behalfe of himselfe & Said Comp as vndertaker as Affore- 
Said, and is to bee entered in the towne Booke on behalfe of all 
concerned & not to bee Altered but by consent of S d Henchman 
as affore 

I That all the Said plantation bee diuided into 480 lotts : 400 
whereof to bearre all charges, the other 80 to bee rate Free and 
disposed of as afterr mentioned, And that 200 of the Said 400 : 
lotts Shalbe at the dispose of the vnderrtakerrs, to be planted by 
them and Such as they Shall procure. And the other 200 Lotts 
to remain to bee disposed of as formerly by the Said Comitte & 
to bee layd out at the northerly end of the Said plantation ; and 
the vndertakers 200 lots & the 80 lotts, rate free as affore, to bee 
layd out at the Southerly end therof 

II That land for a cittadel of about half a mile Squarre Shalbe 
layd out on the fort Riuer for house lotts, for those who Shall at 
their first Setling build & dwel theron and make it their certeyne 
place of abode for their families : to the end the inhabitants may 
Setle in a way of defence as inioyned by law, & formerly ordered 
for diuers rreasons by S d Comittee ; & Each one So doing to haue 
their lots there according to a platt Taken containing 16 diuisions : 
4 wherof Beeing on the Riuer are to Bee 3 of them for S' 1 vnder- 
takerrs, and the first planters who setle with them & the other 
where the milnes are to Stand, with 3 more in that Rainge, to bee 
for the S d rate free lotts, And what land in the 2 d diuisions chosen 
by S' 1 vndertakers Shall bee ou r flowne by the milne dam or Shall 
bee taken vp for worke houses or waies to y m , sutable allowance 
Shalbe made out of y e Said 80 lotts diuisions, And also what hills 



1 684.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 35 

or rising ground doth lye without the lines of the Sd cittadcll neare 
thervnto commanding the same, & therefore needfull to be forti- 
fied, the propretrs of Such ground if they See good [cause] Shall 
haue the 6 rod way y' Shall bee next said lines & the way in Such 
plases to bee on the out Side of S' 1 Hills or riseing ground and if 
any at their own charge Shall fortify theron, Allowance Shall be 
made y" 1 out of what they Shal aduance towards y' worke. 

iii That each of the Said 4.80 lotts Shall haue for an house 
lot in S d Cittadel at least 6 rod square, & y' the lotts of those y' 
build not therin as afore Shalbee diuided & added proportionally 
to the lots of those who obserue order & build therin ; and if the 
proprieters of any hill or rising ground as affore Shal build his house 
theron as in a fortified manner Such a person Shall rreteyne his 
lot in the Cittadcll allthoughe he build not therin ; 2 ly And for a 
planting lott 10 Accers vvth .... for S d vndertakers 200 lotts & 
Said 80 lotts Shall bee of y e best land y l can bee found next to y e 
S (l cittadel, exept the land formerly layd out to the first planterrs 
wh they are to inioy in Case as affter followeth, otherwise to bee 
included in the sd 200 lotts of y c Said vndertakers and wch Said 
planting lotts for y c vndertakers and the Said 80 lotts, arre all the 
planting lots that arre to bee taken vp in the Southerrly end of 
y e Said plantation. 

[15] 3 ly and for a medow lott one accer it beeing Supposed 
that [there] is in the plantation 480 accers of meddow if les then 
each lot to abate if more then to haue an addition likewise all ce- 
dar swamps Shall [be] diuided in part 9 vvhearof to be for the Said 
280 lotts and the 5 remaining for the S d 200 lotts resting at the 
dispose of the Said [committee] 

4 ly and for a farme lott 4 80 pt of all the remaining land in the 
sd plantation when the cittadel, meddow, cedar swamps & ways 
are deduc[t]ed wh as suposed will amount vnto 70 accers forr a 
lott 

iiii Therre beeing not land for the 200 Planting lotts So good 
as hoped neare vnto the cittadel for those y l setle theron those in- 
tcressed there Shall haue to each lot one accer of pine land or 
other land not layd out as n[ear] as may be to y c Said cittadel & 



36 Records of the Proprietors. [1684. 

which Shalbe deducted out of y c farm Lotts. And those who will 
not Sctle in y c Sd cittadel but one therre plan [ting] or farme lotts, 
shal So build as to haue 2 or morre houses within musket Sh[ot] 
of each other, that soe they may be in a way of Defence. And 
y' the dwellers in the S d cittadel take like care as much as may bee 
to Se[cure] them Selues & the building therin vntil all can bee 
fortified wth Sd vndertakers for therre 76 house lotts After men- 
tioned, they arte concerned in S d Cittadel whether the[y] build 
morre orr less therre aire to beare their proportion of: 

V : That the way about the Cittadel bee 6 rod wide as wel as 
[a] country Road forr worke & passage without & within to them ; 
and [the] waies in the Cittadel two rrod wide, & beetwixt planting 
lotts of 40 ac[cers] 3 Rod wide or to y' quantity which lotts may 

be ioyned together suble fencing & the way saued to the 

proprietors at p°scnt wherre[in they] arre hindered in Comming 
to their lotts. And that the country road lead vp wherre carts 
haue Gon towards the norwest corner of the Cittadel & So past in 
to the Street next on the westerly Side wherr the milnes [are] to 
stand, that carts as wel as horse may pass therin. 

VI That the Said vndertakerrs Shall take to their owne ac6l 60 

theire Said 200 lotts at there disposurre & make Such 

improuement of them by Such and So many persons & in Such 
time & mannerr [as] to them Shall Seeme good. 2 Shal rreserue 

16 lotts morre of the S d 200 for vsefull Trades & imployes 

for the promoteing of manufactures to bee disposed of to persons 
transient orr fixt that are honest & ind[ustrious] as soone as may 
bee : 3. Shall aduance pay one Accompt for Seaurall Treasons as 
well to incourage the first planterrs to retume as others to begin 
there 4 : Shall endeuor the Running the lynes of the Sd towne 
with all speede [that] Retume may bee made to the General! 
Court for Confirmation of y c S d graunt : 5 Shall in Aprill 1683 
procure Seuerall persons to make a begin [ning of] the Said plan- 
tation wch Shall there abide at least vntill otherrs come to setle : 
6 ly Shall at therre owne cost with what speed may bee build [in] 
said Cittadel two fire roomes to shelter Such as Shall com there to 
Setle & trauelers vntill therre bee an ordinary for accomodation of 



1 684.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 37 

wh[ich] was one reason of granting the Said plantation, which 

roomes Shall to the Said vses vntill the last of September 

1684 and then to be to [the] only vse & disposurre the said vnder- 
takers. 7 Shall pcurre persons to take vp the remaincing lotts of 
the said 200 beeing 1 24 : & whom Said vndertakerrs Shall not ad- 
mitt but vpon the termes following 

1 : that each of sd persons so Admited shall vpon paying what 
Shalbe rated [have] granted to him so many of sd lotts as they 
desirre & the said vndertakers Judge [them] capable to improue 

2ly that such persons as cannot conueniently at least at first 
[settle] [i6]themselues in the said place Shall haue liberty to place 
a seruant there approued of by the Said vndertakers to whome 
they may if the[y] see good graunt a lott if desired 

3 that neither the said persons or seruants Shall dispose of there 
Lotts vnto any who arre all ready interested in the said place vntil 
ther bee about fifty families settled therre, or to any otherr but who 
shal bee approued by sd vndertakers 

4 : that all who take vp lotts in the yeare 1683, Shall setle vpon 
them in April 1684 : And all that take vp lotts in 84 Shall setle vp- 
on them in April 85 otherwise euery j[one] of said lotts shallbee 
forfeited and disposed of to otherrs. 

5 That if those who haue taken vp but one, two or three lotts 
Shall ioyn together & put in one seruant for 4 lotts it Shalbe Suffi- 
cient for the p c seruing of there interest. 

6 That all sd persons shall after y c Said vndertakers lotts & the 
So lotts haue their choise of their land & medow as they take vp 
the lots & setle vpon them 

VII : That notwithstanding the Said first planterrs haue long 
bceforre this new Settlement forfeited the land layd them out & had 
not right to any more then what the Said committee Saw fit to 
grant y m for famile lotts, they rreseuing it still in their power to ad- 
mit as many Inhabitants as they Saw Good if they Shall comply 
with the now Setlement and pay and doe as others admited by the 
Said vndertakers, they then Shal not only haue the land layd y m 
out but also haue lotts in the cittadel : and farme lotts & medow 



38 Records of the Proprietors. [1684. 

in the northerly end of the Said plantation as otherrs haue accord- 
ing to the number of lotts taken vp by y"\ 

And if they comply not yet they shall if desired haue paid y m in 
conuenient time what they disbursed towards the indian purchase 
& Suruaying wch is more than they could demand. And the Said 
land to bee forr the accomadation of the Said vndertakers for their 
planting lotts. 

VIII : That an Accl bee kept of all pay recud for lotts & all 

disburse in setling the Said Towne. That the majo r 

Generl bee paid halfe his disburse for the indian purchase. That 
what the first planters haue paid y' comply as afforre Shall bee dis- 
counted in therre payments as others. That nothing Shalbe don 
to alterr any thing in this Setlement without the consent of the 
Comittee & sd vndertakers That care bee taken to procure a min- 
ister w l h all conuenient Speede a Schoole masterr in due time, And 
y' in the interim carre bee taken that the lords day bee Sanctified 
by the inhabitants meeting togetherr threon to worship God as 
they Shalbe. And y l such psons as are admited as afforesaid by 
S d vndertakers beeing certified for by the S d Henchman or his as- 
signes that they haue performed according as obliged vnto y c S d 
Committe they Shall thervpon haue vnder their hands a grant of 
all such lands as the said persons arre intersted in the Said plant- 
ation to them theirr heyirs & assignes as fully as y c sd committe is 
im poured to doe 

IX : That 60 of the S' 1 So rate free lotts Shalbe disposed of as 
followeth 

1 : to the generall Court who granted the Said plantation in leiu 
of the land to bee layd out for the Country if so accepted 4 : lotts 
2 ly to Daniel Gookin Esqr who procured the Said grant & hath 
laboured many yeares in y' affayre 8 lotts 3 To the Said vnder- 
takers for begining the said place ; & doing and Endcuoring as af- 
foresaid 6 lotts : 4 To the ministry 4 lotts, 5 and to the first min- 
isterr 4 lotts, 5 to the towne for trayning & buriall places & other 
vses 4 lotts 6 to the Schoole 3 lotts 7 to the first Schoolmaster 
3 [lots] [i7]Sthly to the builders & mainteyners of a Saw milne 3 
lotts 9 tly to the [like] persons for a grist milne 3 lotts : 10 to 



1 684.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 39 

the building & mayntayning of for promoteing of vse- 

full Trades & for a fulling mill when the place is capable therof 6 
Lotts 1 1 To each one of the three of the Said Comittee 4 lotts 
apeice in all 1 2 lotts for their care & paines And that the 20 re- 
maining Lotts of the Said 80 lotts be 10 of them at the disposurre 
of the Said Comi[ttee] for the Benefitts of the psons who shall 
take vp the Said 200 lotts And y' the said comittee take care of 
all those of the said 80 Lotts and all that apteyneth vnto them 
that haue not persons vpon the place to look after the Same vntill 
possesed by the propieters of them 

Signed by the Said Commitee to S d vndertakers 

Signed by S d Daniel Henchman on behalfe of himselfe 
& Said vndertakerrs to the S d Comittee 



The report of the survey of the township made in 
1683, nere follows: — 

At A Gen" court hel[d] may the 7 th 1684 

The platt of Quandsicamund Plantation (now called Worcester) 
was presented to the Court by the Committe vizt Majo r Gen" Dan- 
iel Gookin, Capt Thomas prentice & Capt Daniel Henchman, And 
it Conteyneth 43020 Accorrs the South line runs from quanssic- 
m[ond] pond S west & [the] west 1920 Rod wh is 6 miles : the 
west line bounds Runs North by west 45 min westerly & is in 
length is 3760 ro[ds] The north bounds or line Runss S west & 

by west 1920 Rod wh is The east line rrunns along 

by Quandsicamd pond North 5 des 15 " ,in westerly 920 Rod wh is 
3 mile lack[ing] 40 rqd, then from the end of y c pond aforesaid 
the line Runs N. B : w 6 deg westerly 60 rod wh is one mile & 
then Runns N. B. w 45 min westerly : 2290 Rod wh is 7 miles & 
10 Ro[ds] within this plat there is 1000 accers Belonging to mai- 
den Churrch And 250 Accers to the Heirs & Assignes of Ephram 
Curtis & there is Remaining 810 accers more then the contents of 8 



40 Records of the Proprietors. [1685. 

miles squ[are] \v c h is about 2 Accers in the hundred allowance wh 
is less then [the] allowance giuen to land layd out in the wilder- 
nes. 

$ Samuel Andrew Sworen 
& Allowed Surueyo 1 

The Generall Court Accepted Confirmed & Allowed the Piatt 
& Returne 



In the new apportionment of land, lots were be- 
stowed as hereafter appears: — 



In pursuance of the Agreements aboue recorded The Lotts 
Hereafter entered in this Towne booke were granted & 
layd vnto the Seuerall pson concerned by order of Captaine 
Daniel Henchman Beforre his Death 

May 22 th 1685 

Daniel Gookin Granted & layd out vnto Daniel Gookin 

Sen Esq sen his heires & assignes for euer the day & 

Cap Dan Henchman yeare aboue written (Suruaid by Dauid Fiske 
Nath Henchman Sworen Suruaior) ; the psons in the margent 

Dikcry Seriant named present. 

wil: a mulato on lott of about 100 Accers lying vpon 

xtopher Read the eastermost end of pakachooge H[ill] 

& Ben Eaton The lines & Rumbs are as folow : wee be- 

gan at a lot granted to Capt John wing 1 of 
forty accers lying vpon the South Side of pakachoag hill of forty 
accers lying adioyning to the Towne Lyne wee began to measure 
at the North & by west angll of y e for mentioned lot, & Ran vpon 
a N. East & by East Rhom forty Rod, downe to half way riuer, 

1 Capt. John Wing of Boston was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Com- 
mittee occasioned by the death of Lieut. Richard Beers, who was killed in a 
fight with the Indians, near Northfield, in 1675. 



1685.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 41 

allius pakachoag riuer & then turn[ed] the Angle & Ranne vpon 
a north & be west Rumbe two hundred & Eight Rod ; & this line 
(a great pt of it) towards the forsaid Riuer & including all the low 
land fitt for to make meddow within y e lott, then at y c end of 208 
rod wee turnd the angle & rami vpon y* Rumbs Southwest & be 
west vp the Hill from the riuer Eighty polles or Rod neare to y c 

old path which Runs from the towne to pacha- % 

chooge Hill. Then wee turnd another angle And Ranne a South 
& bee east line two hundred & eight pole & ioyned to Capt wings 
lot (aboue mentioned) & running on y l line or Rumb N east & Be 
east forty rod vntil wee com to the angle of capt wing lot where 
wee began, within these 4 lines is included 100 Accres wood land 
Tond Bounded one N East by East wth halfe way riuer or paka- 

chook riuer & y c South by Capt wing & the Rest by 

comon lands 

A Second Lott layd out the Same day by y e Same Surua- 
yo T &° in peysance of y" Same psons aboue 

Granted & layd vnto Daniel Gookin Esqr his heires & assigns 
[for] euer on lott vpon a plaine called Racoone plaine of 80 Acres 

Rumbs & Lines therof arre as followeth : wee began .... 

.... west Rumbe on hundred & Sixty pole or rods And 

Riuer on the north Side of it and Runne vpon the plaine 

& Ranne vpon South west & bee west Rumbe on 

hu[ndred] & then turnd the Angll & Ranne vpon 

South Riuer including & all the low land vpon .... 

bounded by the Said Riuer South and the comon la[nd] 

.... vpon there lines are contained eighty accers 

from the towne or 



[18] The 2 lotts Recorded vpon the other Side arre my Shar 
& propotion forr 18 planting lotts of ten Accers apeese wh is for 
my first diuision : exept meddow & House or Hut lots as affor. 
& I Ac6l my proportion of a 2 d diuision or farme lotts wilbe 1260 
Accers in the on halfe of the plantation as it is granted out Capt 

FKOP. REC. f. 



42 Records of the Proprietors. [1685. 

Henchman & vndertakers as is aboue recorded, for my selfe .... 
.... not only of y e comitty but on of y e vndertakers. 
These 2 lotts aboue are platted by the Suruaio r among my .... 



There is granted to the Said major Gookin &r his heires & as- 
signes for euer eighten Hut lots or house lots neare the mils on 
the west Side of y e mil : only a highway betwene the mills & those 
Hutt lotts ; thes hut lotts lye within the limitts of the citadel or 
towne Ship 

Also 
Fisk is granted to the Said major Gookin & his heires & assignes 
for euer Eighten Accers of meddow land vizt for euery lot one 

accer to be had in proportion in y e comon meddow of 

w c h eighten Accers Six accers is layd & bounded by Dauid fisk to 
the Said major Gookin his heres & assignes for euer in the medow 
vpon mill brooke a litle below the mills w e h medow is now in the 
occupation of Thomas Hall of Worcester vpon Rente. 

Graunted & layd out by Dauid Fiske Sworen Suruy r within the 
Towne of Worcester in New England 'f? order & with approbation 
of Daniel Henchman vnto Capt John wing of Boston & vnto his 
heires and assignes for euer eightene ten accer planting lotts Six 
wherof are for his mills 3 lotts of Thomas Baker wth one hundred 
And Eighty accers lying in Aforsaid village a litle to the Northward 
of the Cittadel : being platted in the General platt, made by the 
Suruaiors & is bounded on the East with mil Brook, on the South 
with m r Adam winthrop & mr peirpoint lots on the west with Sim- 
son in part & with lands not layd out as yet in part Bounded on 
the north with George Danson of Boston 

Together Herewith granted to the Said John 
wing & his heires for euer Eighteen Hutt lott vpon part wher- 
of his dwelling house & Barne now Standeth : moreouer granted 
to him & his heires & assignes for euer ten Rod of land round 
where his mills Standeth, together with the priuildge of the mill 
B[r]ooke to him only & his heires whilst Hee or they keep the 



1685.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 43 

mills in rcpaire for the towns vse, Together also with liberty to Cutt 
& fall timber for the Saw mill : for the Towues vse vpon any lands 
not Appropriated within the Towne 

[A]lso to him is granted & his heyres for euerr Eighteen [ac]ers 

of meddow ; to bee layd him out in Seuerll of medow 

land according to proportion w'h [p]lanters, 

[19] May the 22 th 1685 

Granted & layd out by the Suruaior Fiske within the Said Towne 
of Worcester ; vnto the Said Capt. John wing & his heires for euer 

as assigne of Cowel of Boston fower 

10 acer lotts a percel of land and fower Hut lots & 4 acers 

medow Containing forty Accers Situate lying & beeing vpon paka- 
choog hill : on the South Side therof as it is platted in the Suruai- 
o r s plat beeing bounded on the South wth the Towne line, on the 
East wth lands vndiuided on the west & partly on the north wth 
lands not duided, & in part on the north by majo r Gookins lott of 
100 accers : 

Also granted vnto the Said Capt wing & his heires & assignes 
for a Second Diuision of lands for farme lotts : in due proportion 
with any other propriter in s d place or Shalbe the particular quan- 
tity of w c h farme lotts cannot yet be wel known vntil, High waies, 
Cedar Swamps Sheepe comons & other publke lands for the min- 
istry, Scoole & Such ocasion are known & measured, & the Re- 
mainder of land at the South end of the Towne of Worcester ac- 
cording to the forsaid agreements, Shalbe proportioned into two 
hundred and eighty lotts wherof the Said John wings proportion 
is twenty two lotts : for his farme lotts All which lands aboue 
mentioned with all the priuiledges & Apptenances to them in any 
kind Belonging according vnto the Generall Courts (of the mas- 
sachusetts) Grant vnto the Comittee as is mentioned in the Same 
Recorded in this Booke page first is confirmed vnto him the Said 
John wing his heires & assignes forr euerr. Moreuer Capt John 
wing Admited an Inhabitant in the village of worcesterr. 

All the Grants aboue expesed are confirmed to Capt John wing & his 
heires and assignes forr euerr; By the Comitte of the Honble Presedent & 



44 Records of the Proprietors. [1685. 

Conned impowred thervnto by this order dated June u 1686 don at the 
meeting of Said Comitte at Boston July 9th 1686 iV Signed by 

DANIELL GOOKIN Sen 
THOMAS PRENTICE 
WILLIAM BOND 
JOSEPH LYND St 
JOHN HAYNES 



[20] October 5 1685 

Graunted, & layd out by Dauid Fiske (Allowed Suruaio r ) with- 
in the Towne of Worcester in New England p orderr & approba- 
tion of Capt Daniel! Henchman, as is by him certified vnder his 
hand Before his Death, Vnto George Danson of Boston Baker & 
vnto his hcires & assignes for euer, twenty lotts conteining 10 
accers for each lot which is in the whole two hundred accers & is 
for planting lotts eleuen of which lotts arre in his owne Right, And 
the other nine lotts as . . assignee of Charles Creswait 3 : of John 
Birge 3 : & Samil Simpson 3 in all nine wch parcel of two hundred 
accers of land is Scituate lying & beeing to the Norward of the 
Cittadall in woster tS; is platted & bounded in the Surueiors gen- 
eral platt beeing bounded on the East with milbrooke, one the 
South with Capt John wing one the west & north with towne lands 
vndiuided & north pond a plat wherof is in the hands of -George 
Danson Signed by y° Suruaio* Fisk 

Also 

there is granted to him his hcires and Assignes for eucr twenty 
Hutt lotts in the cittadel as others haue & an accer of meddow for 
euey ten accer lott in the Comon medowes yet vndeuided, Also ; 
y' is granted to y e Said danson ; his heires <S: assignes for euer his 
due proportion of a Second diuision called farme Lotts at the South 
end of the plantation of Worcester according to agreement, the 
quantity of w r h farme lotts cannot yet be known, vntill, high wayes 
Cedar Swamps, Sheepe Commons & other lands for publike vse 
for the ministry & Scoole &c Al w°h is beeing measured & Sub- 
raited then the Sd danson is to haue twenty Lots of y p two hun- 
dred & Eighty lotts . .of the remaindr acording to Articls of agree- 



1 686.] Worcester ; Massachusetts. 45 

ment abouc Recorded, prouded all waies & not with Standing any 
thing contained in this grant he Shal not erect any corne mil or 

Saw mill vpon the mil Brook within his bounds nor Stop or 

.... or diuert the natural course of the broke to the mills of Capt 
wing alredy built. During such times as the S d mill Shalbe kept 

in repair for the Towne vse formerly Granted to 

y e S' 1 wing to Incourage 

[2i]All which lands aboue mentioned with all the priuilidges & ap- 
purtenances to them in any kind Belonging according to the Gen- 
erall order Court of the massachusetts Granted vnto the Comitte 
us is mentioned] in the Same Recorded in this booke page . . . 
Is Confirmed] vnto him the Said George Danson his heires & 
assignes for euer. 

All these grants of land arc Confirmed by the Comitte witnes 
hands the day 

Also dauid fiske Suruaior fully perfected the Suruay of the twen- 
ty lotts containing two hundred accers & drew a plott of it w c h 
was psented to & aproued by the Comittee as wee Attest 
16 th of August 1686. 



An Additionall grant vnto 
George Danson Baker of Boston 

The Comitte appointed by the presedent & Counsel for the vil- 
lage of Worcester as "§ their order recorded page 23 both at the 
requcstt of George Danson & vpon Consideration of fifty Shillings 
in mony by him paid vnto the Comitte Towards defraying their 
charges in the affaires of that village 

Haue granted & doe herby graunt vnto the Said George Dan- 
son his heires & assignes for euer forty accers of land adioyning 
vnto his former grants of 200 accers 27 accers wherof lieth the 
North east end of a pond, and thirteen accers at the South west 
of the Said pond : both wch pells are adioyning to his other land 
[as] is exprsed & manifested in a plat vpon file vnder the hands 
[of] dauid fiske Sur[veyor] with the approbation of the Comittee 
for laying out lots psented to vs 29 th of 9 mo 1686 morre our; is 
granted & confirmed to him S d Danson his heires & assignes for 



46 Records of the Proprietors. [1686. 

cuer two pedis of me[adow] land as is exp e sed in the Said plot 
on percl wherof containes eleuen accers lying to the west S west 
of the formentiond pond & the other fowerr [acres] of medow ly- 
ing to y° west of the Said pond adioyning to the mill Brooke both 
percels containe feifteen accers of medow wch is in part for his 
proportion of medow land belonging to [him] according to his 
lotts & grants aboue made : 

this done and Returned by the Suruayor fiske & admitted According to 
and order of the comitte dated nouember 5th last past & approued by the 
Said Comittee this 24th of nouember 1686 

DANIEL GOOKIN Senr 
THOMAS PRENTIS Senr 
WILLIAM BOND Senr 

[Gra]nted & layd out by Dauid Fiske allow [ed surveyor] within 
the Towne of Worcester in New England [with the] approbation 
of Capt Daniel Henchman dece[ased] certified vnderr his hand, 
vnto m r Adam winthrop merchant his heires & assignes forr euer, 
fourr plantin[g lots] beeing ten accers each lot Containing in all 

forty accers beeing in the afforsaid village of 

Worcester as it is platt[ed in] the General plot, bounded one the 
East with the cittadel [on] the South with mrs Bridget vsher, one 
the north with Capt wing on the west with mr peirpoint, Together 
with .... planting lotts is also granted to him & his heirs & as- 
signes for eur his due proportion as otherrs haue of Hutt lotts in 
the Cittadel, & of medow lands and a Second diuision of land 
called farme lotts, with all other priuilidges & Benefitts to [the] 
Same Belonging as others haue in the Said plantation ace [ording] 
to Agreements with Capt Henchman aboue recorded page 1 2- 
And the Generall Court grant vnto the Comitte dated October . . 
1668 aboue recorded page first 

This graunt is confirmed by the comittee witnes our hands dated 

Granted & laid out to Peeter Goulding of within the 

Towne of Worcester in New England with Approbation of Capt 
Daniel Henchman dec [eased] certified vnder his hand, Six plant- 



1 686.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 47 

ing lotts containing] ten accers each lot; scituate & lying in the 
village of [Worcester] afforsaid : vizt one of the Said lotts being 

ten acers, lying lott of Thomas Allerton, the otherr hue 

being fifty [acres] formerly granted & layd out vnto Beniamin 
Crane [and] recorded page 10 & by him relinquished & Surren- 
dr[ed for] Satisfaction by him taken & reced, Also to him grant- 
ed of medow lying next to 1 7 accers laid out to S d Dan- 
iel Henchman medow, also 5 accers of land for a pasture lot lying 
[near] his house lot in the cittadel, And also his due proportion 
[of] lands for farme lotts in the Said plantation All [which with] 
the priuiledges & Benefitts to y m belonging are fully . . . confirmed 
vnto the Said peter Golding his heires & assignes [forever accord- 
ing to the grantt of the General court made with 

& to the comitte be]fore Recorded page 1 & page 13- 

17: 

[TJhis Grant is Confirmed by the Com[mittee] 

[Gra]unted & layd out by Dauid Fiske an allow [ed surveyor 
within the t]owne of worcesterr in New England $) order & [with 
the approbation of Ca[pt Daniel Henchman as is by him certified 

vnd[er un]to M r Hezikiah Vsher of Boston 

marchant & vnto his [heirs and] assignes for euerr fowerr plant- 
zing lotts containeing ten ac[res each] lot, wh is in all forty acers 
which is Scituate, lying & beeing in the village of Worcester, west- 
ward from the Cittadel & is exp r sed perticlar in the Bound- 
ed on the north with Capt John wing, on the east w'h a lot for- 
merly laid] out to mr peirpoint on the South with mrs Bridget 
vsher execu[trix] vnto Dr Leonard Hoare ; & on the west with 
comon lands : Together with these planting lots is also granted to 
him & his heyres & assignes for euer his due proportion as others 
of Hutt lots in the cittadel and medow land & a Second diuision 
of lots Called farme lotts with all other priuiledges & Benefitts to 
y e Same belonging as others haue in the plantation, According vn- 
to Agreement of Capt Henchmans & aboue page 13 &c the Gen- 
Courts grant vnto the Same bearing date October 14 th 1668 

Recorded in this booke page 1 : 
This grant is confirmed by the Comitte as witnes ourr hands dated 



48 Records of the Proprietors. [1686. 

Grauntcd & layd out by Dauid Fiske Allowed Suruayorr with- 
[in the] Towne of Worcester in New England f} order & appro- 
bation [of Capt D]aniel Henchman deceased, as is Certified vn- 
der his hand vn[to Mrs] Bridget Vsher of Boston excutorrx vnto 
Doctor Leonard Ho[are d]eceased & is instead of a lot of 25 

Accers granted to Doctor Hoare recor[ded page 8 : 

w c h is relinquished by his executrs & is not included in the .... 

cittadell, & now to the Said mrs Bridget Vsher executrix as 

vnto [her] heires & assignes & the heires of Doctor Leonard hoare 
is ... . granted & confirmed for euer foure ten accer lotts called 
[p]lanting lotts : containing in the whole forty accers Scituate lying 
in the forsaid village of worcesterr, as it is platted in the G[rant 
bo]unded on the east with mr Adam winthrop one the west with 
the Heires of Ephram Curtis. . . .H]ezikiah Vsher Together with 
these platt[ed 



In the summer of 1686, upon the application of 
the Proprietors to the President and Council admin- 
istering the government of the Colony at that time, 
a new committee was appointed to superintend the 
affairs of the town; and the previous transactions 
were approved, and the grants of land confirmed. 

[23] 

After the chainge of the Gouerment which 25 th 16S6 : 

It pleased the Presedent & Councill [to] make Ensueing order, 
hervnder Recorded Concerning] the village or Towne of wor- 
cesterr 

By the President & Councill Ju[ne] 
the Eleuenth 1686 

Vpon the Application of Capt John wing & ot[her] proprieterrs 
in the Said village of worcesterr, forr [a] Comittee to regulate their 
affayers, granting lotts & Gouerneing the place as hath beene in 
vse forr the Betterr Setlement thereof. 



1 686.] Worcester, Massachusetts: 49 

It is therforre ordcrred that Maiorr Daniel Gookin, Cap 1 Thom- 
as Prentice, m r Bond of watertowne, Capt Joseph lind & Decon 
John Haynes of Sudbu[ry] orr any three 3 of them, bee a Com- 
ittee (wherof maio 1 " [Gookin] to be airways one of the Quoram) 
to order & reg[ulate] all matterrs Relateing to the Setlement of 
the Said plantation hatting allwais respect to the Confirm [ation] of 
those lands that werre granted or in part or all layd out by Capt 
Daniel Henchman orr orderr) to the Seueral proprietors thereof. 

En Randolph Secrty 



At a meeting of the abouenamed comitte at Bos[ton] July 9 th 
1686 in Pursuance of the aboue reed order, they made the follow- 
ing orders for Setling proprieties in the Tovvne of worcesterr. 

1 That all graunts of land, made & recorded, in this [book] be- 
longing to that village : which were lawfully Suruayd & the in- 
dian purchase forr them payd according to agreement Beforre the 
15 th of April on thousand Six hundred Seauenty hue & which haue 
not beene actually resigned by the respecliue proprietors & Satis- 
faction to them giuen, as is al[so] Recorded, vnder the Said 

Graunts, Al Such graunts So qualified, and not beforre 

excepted & Retriued are herby confirmed vnto the Seuerall Gran- 
tees, their [heirs] and assignes forr euer, according to their re- 

specliue before Recorded And the p e sent Commitec do 

herby p[romise] & Ingage to giue the Said propriters any furtherr 

[information of the Same according to the power 

comited to y m either by the orders of the Gen 11 [Court 

of the Paesident & Councill 

[24] 2 It is ordered that euery person or persons, that now inhabite 
in wosterr, or any person or persons that haue had grants of land 
within the said village, since the twenty fourth of April 1684 From 
Capt Daniel Henchman Deceased, 1 who was impoured to doe the 
Same by Agreement with the former Comittee as is becforre Re- 

1 Captain Henchman died in 1686. 
prop. REC. „ 



50 Records of the Proprietors. [1686. 

corded, wee Say all Such grants of land, duly proucd, to bee granted 
by him Bona fide, which arre not actualy resigned or forfeited by 
the acts of the grantees : All Such grants with the priuelidges to 
y" 1 belonging, & additions of other diuisions of land herafter For 
the Said village aire herby Fully and Amply confirmed vnto the 
respectiue pprieters their heires and Assignes forr euerr, & the 
Comitte do herby promise & ingage according to the powers to 
them Comitted To giue vnder their hands a particular confirma- 
tion of the respecliue grants, vnto euery proprieter & to Cause the 
Said grants to bee Recorded in the Towne Booke at the Charge 
of each prroprietorr & this to become at the grantees Request as 
Soone as hee or they Shall pesent a 'perticular vnder an allowed 
Suruayors hand of the place or places, bounds, quantities and 
Abbutments of the Said grants or Lots to them beelonging. 

wee the comite Subscribing do confirme the formerr order as 
witnes our hands July 9th 1686 

DANIEL GOOKIN 
THOMAS PRENTIS 
WILLIAM BOND 

This is Transcribed truly out of the 
original paper Subscribed by the Said 
Comittee wth their ownc hands as is 
Attested by me DANIEL GOOKIN Sen 

July 10 1686 



[28] 

Granted & layd out vnto Thomas Brown [in the] village of Wor- 
cester in New England Six ten [acre] lotts forr planting lots with 
all other diuisions [of] farme lotts & medowes in proportion wth 

others Said plantation w c h lots are granted to him, his heires 

and Assignes forr euerr, by the order [of] the Comitte July 19 th 
1686 ; The laying out [of] Said Lots vncertified by the Suruaio r 

fiske & the appointed to lay out lots the 1 9 th of noucm- 

ber 168. . and it lieth in woster one the north Sid of the road be- 
twene the cittadel of woster & Boston & is in len[gth] 160 pole & 
in Breadth 66 rod as it is expressed in the plat 



1 686.J Worcester, Massachusetts. 51 

discribed & bounded on the South w*h the & 6 rod wide 

allowed him for the contrey road, all w c h [is] confirmed to him 
his heyres and assignes by the [committee] as is Attested vndcr 
their hands in the original grant July 19 1686 

Daniel Gookin 
Thomas Prentice 
8@* memorandum Thomas Browne William Bond 

rclinquisht his grants of 50 acers Joseph Lynd 

Recorded page 9 th John Havnes 

[29] 
Granted & Confirmed to Isacke Bull of Worcester carpenterr, 

Suiuayd & Certified by dauid fiske Surua r fowerr ten accerr Lotts 
for planting lotts together with all rights & priuiledges of medow 
& farme lotts, as others are to haue in the Said village ; which 
fowerty accers were formerly granted By Capt Henchman vnto 
william weekes & by him possesd But nott Recorded ; But beeing 
now Sold & Alienated by the Said william weeks vnto the Said 
Isack Bull & his heirs [and] assignes for euer as apperd by a deed 
vnder weekes his hand & Seale & other Testimonyes : Therefore 
the comite See rason to record this Said forty acre lot & appte- 
nances vnto the Said Isack Bui and his heires [and] assignes forr 
euerr w c h was returned and & cerfied By the Suruaior fiske bound- 
ed as followith vizt. George Rosbury South, Diggey Seriant, west, 
Thomas Alerton & Isacke George north william weekes another 
20 acer lot east & in parrt land not layd [out] east all lying in Wor- 
cester afforsaid Entered & Recorded this 26th of Nouember 16S6 



Granted and layd out by dauid Fiske suruaior in the village of 
Worcester with the consent of the lott Layers manefested vnder 
their hands nouember 18 : 1686. vnto Isack Bull of Worcester, car- 
penterr fower ten acer lotts with [all] priuilidges & after diuisions 
of medow lands and farm Lotts as others haue in y c Said village to 
him & his heires [and] assignes forr euerr, together with an addi- 
tion vpon consideration made, to him & his heires 



52 Records of the Proprietors. [1686. 

foreuer of six accers of vpland Swampe adioyning to the 

former grant moreuer to him three accers and halfe 

of medow proportion of medow belonging 

to his plan in addition further of ten Rod in 

length at the his medow & three Rod in Breadth 

round about his egresse & regresse w'h this grant 

made by the 



The following lists probably include the names 
of the proprietors and settlers in the town at this 
time: — 



1 686.] 



Worcester , Massachusetts. 



53 



Granted to 



Henry Lee 
IJauid Bigelo 
Elisha Rice 
Jont marble 
John Sternes 
CollrTing[?] 
Peter Golding 

Eneas Sater 
J Barber 
Nat Jones 
Joshua Rice 
Geo : Pamitter 
James Holmes 
James Rice 
Thomas Prentice 
Gershom Rice 
Ditto Junr 
James Rice 
ffra : Knap 
Isaac Miller 
Josiah Rice 
Epha Rice Junr 
Nathl moor 
School Lott 
Ministers 
Ministerial 
Stepr Minott 
[W]m Payne 
[Benjja Allen 
[Jojnes Mill 
Ephraim Rice 
[Jo]hn Gray 

Wald[o] 



On accott of 



o 



H3 



Dauis 
Liuermorc 

Heywood 
Eph Curtice 
H Vsher 
Hall 



J Leonard 
B: Vsher 
D Sergeant 

J Bull 

Dutton 
granted 

B ffletcher 
B : Townsend 



Bull 



S : Leonard 



59 
6i 

59 
6o 
62 



63 
64 

65 
66 

67 

68 

69 

70 

7 1 

7i 
72 

73 

74 

77 
70 



120 
90 

80 

Ui i 
122S 

89 

121 

78 



109 

132 

117 

J3i 

85 
117 
1 10 
1 12 
no 

81 
130 

92 
1 n 

157 
88 
89 

127 

85 

133 

73 

74 

74 

77 
no 
118 



!53 
142 
140 

135 

!55 
15,4 

193 

147 

192 

151 
191 
I92 
141 

138 
I 4 I 

157 
157 
I42 

138 
l6o 

166 

156 



158 

>43 
1392 
H5 1 
147 
»5° 
'35 
136 
152 
162 

I5 2 
116 

137 
'45 
137 

I39i 

•47 
162 



Meddow fol 



Mondow 2d div 3d <liv 



I02 
6lS 

97 
101 
103 

96 



*47 



193 
129 



3d D: 172 192 191 
101 

IOI 

105 & 64 : 
96 

IOO: 

97: 103 [page 134 

66: 102 2d D see 
98: 5:10 

97 
96 

160 



104 



50 
125 

10 



97 : 70 : 

97 

96 2l8 

72 

42: 

105S0C 196 G:Dan- 
105 [son 

119 
119 



54 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1686. 



To 



On accott of 





fl 


c 




O 













•XI 


m 








fol 




• ^- 










^ 






tJ 


t3 




N 


f*J 



s meadow laid out fol 



Jonas Rice 


6 


atherton 


39 


James Rice 


3 


Ripley 


40 


Gershom Rice 




Paine 


40 


John Hubbard 


*> 
j 




41 


James Holdin 


3 




— 


James Taylor 


3 




42 


Daniel Heywood 


4 


Dll I ley wood 


— 


Thomas Gleson 


3 




43 


Thomas Hagat 


2 




— 


[Joshjua Rice 


3 


Jont Ilubard 


44 


[N]athl Moor 


4 


Isa Bull 


— 


obeda ward 


3 




45 


aron adams 


3 






Dauid Haynes 


3 




46 


Jonas Rice 


3 




58 


Eliott & Smith 


18 


Gookin 


— 


Comitte 


20 




SO 


Adam Winthrop 


4 


A winthrop 


5° 


Henchmans heirs 


15 


Henchman 


5' 


Benja fflag 
Jacob Leonard 


4 
4 


Jacob Leonard 
To 


5 2 


Richard ward 


3 




— 


[M J oses Leonard 


3 




53 


[Lejonard Hore 


3 






[Th]omas Biney 


4 


Boggle 


54 


[Isjaac Wheler 






— 


[Paljmer & Compa 


18 


Wing 


55 


ditto 


4 


Cowell 


56 


ditto 


6 


Terell 


— 


ditto 


4 


Tomlin 


57 


ditto 


5 


Sm Daniel 


— 


Benja fflagg 
Peter King 
[J] Baron 


6 
3 
3 


Brown 
J Rice 


58 
59 



141! 
84 

91 
46 

"3 

79 

So 

82 

83 
112 

106 
"3 

83 
108 

116 

86 
79 

47 

5° 

75 

130 
112 

87 

81 

78 

94 

94 

125 

94 

95 

95 

125 

145 
'34 



Si 

60 

139 
164 

OI 

67 

44 
65 
49 

2 7 
39 
19 
3i 

57 

35 

5& 

5° 
64 

5° 
46 

26 



39 
48 

"5 
1 6 

2.S 



21 
67 

2 5 
2 5 

25 
25 

»S5 



97 :ioo: gratuity 
102: 2d 133 [page 
101 [194 
96 

97 
101 

103 

96 

127 
100 103 



IOO: 2d 134 

96: 

97 
104 & 46: 146 



46: 98 



99 




100: 75 




IOO 




100: 173 82: 


246 


147 




87: 




106 




IOI 


198 


96; IOI 


206 


97 




96 





IOO 



To Jonas Rice 
99-104 [aboue 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 55 

The foregoing records comprise all that remain in 
the Proprietors' Book relating to the first and second 
settlements of Worcester. From 1686 to 1700 but 
little is known of the proceedings of the inhabitants. 
It is not probable, however, that the town greatly 
advanced either in population or improvement, be- 
yond what is evidenced by the preceding documents. 
The constant state of alarm and feeling of insecurity 
through fear of Indian attack, were the great draw- 
backs to the success of the undertaking; and when, 
near the close of the seventeenth century, outrages 
began to be perpetrated in the vicinity by the sav- 
ages, the place was once more deserted by all save 
one, the sacrifice of whose life was the last scene in 
the sad drama. 

The war known as "Queen Anne's" began in the 
year 1702 and continued until 1 7 13. During this 
period little effort was made towards reclaiming the 
place. In 1709, a petition for aid in resettlement 
was presented to the General Court, but was not 
granted, the judgment of the Court declaring such 
an attempt inexpedient in the then disturbed state 
of the country. After the peace in 17 13, another 
and successful effort was made, and from this time 
is dated the history of the permanent settlement of 
Worcester. 



JVo. X 



RECORDS 



OF 



The Proprietors 



OF 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



EDITED BY 

FRANKLIN P. RICE. 



In Four Parts: 

PART II. 




WORCESTER, MASS. : 
THE WORCESTER SOCIETY OF ANTIQUITY 
l88o. 



U. S. A., CIV. 



PART II 

1713-1788. 



A 



Anno Regni Annce Rcgince Duodecimo. 



t a Great & General Court or assembly for her Majesties Prov- 
ince of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, begun & held 
in Boston in New England upon Wednesday y e 27 May 1713 and 
continued by prorogations to Wednesday y c 14 October following 
being the third Sessions. 

In Council & concurred by the Representaves. 

October 21' 1713 

Upon reading a Representation & petition of Coll" adam 
Wenthrop, Gershom Rice & Jonas Rice &c on behalfe of them- 
selves and other proprietors of lands within the Township of Wor- 
cester, Setting forth their desire to Endeavour & enter upon a New 
Settlement of the S d plantation being driven therefrom by the late 
Indian Warr : praying the countenance and encouragement of this 
Court in their undertaking and Such directions and regulations as 
Shal be thought fit to make them defensible in case of a new rup- 
ture with the Indians : as also for a proper Comitte to be appoint- 
ed to direct in ordering the prudentials of the S d plantation till they 

come to a full Settlement &c. 

and that the S d Comitte may be impowered to demand & receive 
the town bookes & records of their allotments and other things 
from the Successor of Capt John Wing dcesed who was Town 
Clarke and had them in his custody 

Ordered That the prayer of the petition be granted and the 
Honour 6 William Taylor Esq. Adam Wenthrop & William Dudley 
Esq. Lt Coll" John Ballantine and Thomas How Esq 1 " be a Comitte 
to receive all challanges, State the place of the Town upon Smal 



60 Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 7 14. 

Lotts defensible, and what else is necessary for their establishment 
and ordering of their prudentials agreeable to the prayer in their 
petition and granting out allotments — 

Consented to Joseph Dudley 

Coppy as of record Examined 

Js : Addington Sect 



[34] 

In Council at a Great & General Court or 

Assembley begun & held at 

Boston on Wednesday the 26 

of May 1 714 

The following report of the Comitte for Worcester accepted 
by the Representatives, Read & Concurred — 

The General Court having been pleased by theirs of 21' 
October last to constitute a Comitte for receiving claimes of Such 
persons as are Interested in Worcester & for resetling that Town 
The S d Comitte do now humbly lay before this Honourable 

Court an acco" of what progress they have made therein 

after having posted up in this and other Towns printed 
notifications for persons concerned to bring in their Claimes, and 
having attended for four months time to receive the Same they 
made a journey up thither & allowed the claims of all who appear- 
ed to have been justly Interested there, and also admitted twenty 
eight persons more, to take up Lotts, Some of Twenty Acres, Some 
of thirty and Some of forty acres (as $ Schedule hereto annexed) 
upon condition that they pay twelve pence $ Acre for their plant- 
ing Lotts only, towards the General charge of Surveying and laying 
out the Town the old Inhabitants having formerly paid the Same 
Sum, and upon condition that within thre years from this time, 
Each of them build upon their S d Lotts & occupy the Same for 
thre years at least from the time of their building, on penelty, that 
in default thereof they forfeit their Lotts, to be taken into the hands 
of the Comitte to be disposed of to others ; Which termes the new 
Grantees have readily consented to. 



1714-] Worcester, Massachusetts. 61 

now in order to the accomodating the Comunity & that persons 
may sit down in Safety, the Comitte humbly propose — 

1 -That those persons who come in upon old claimes may be 
under the same obligations & penalties to Settle & inhabit, as the 
new Grantees are, they having taken their land on that condition. 
2-That those persons who by purchase possess the rights of [35] 
Several proprietors may be deemed So many Inhabitants and 
Stand obliged to make So many Several Settlements. 

3-Whereas there has been So many months given for persons 
to bring in their claimes and all endeauours used to gett Informa- 
tions of former rights that the persons now admitted may Settle on 
any place whereto no claim doth now appear without being liable 
to be hereafter molested or outed by any pretending a prior right 
to the Same : and if any person Shal hereafter appear and make 
out his claim to any land so Settled upon he Shal insted thereof 
have so much as he can make out to be his right in some other 
land in the Town no person to be admitted to put in his claim af- 
ter the Expiration of thre years from this time (Except Infants, 
feme couvert, persons non compos mentis, Imprisoned or in cap- 
tivity) who Shal be allowed thre years next after Such Imperfection 
removed to put in their claimes : the Same terme of three years to 
be allowed to persons beyond Sea, or that have an estate in re- 
version to any land there 

4-That the old claimes upon thirty dayes notice given them by 
the Surveyor apointed for the Town be obliged to show the bounds 
of their Lotts formerly laid out, or that otherwise he the Said Sur- 
veyor may proceed to the laying out Lotts to the new Grantees & 
what he Shal do therein Shal be valid. 

5-That whereas they find the direction of the General Court in 
the year 1 668 to then Comitte was to lay out two or three hundred 
acres of land for the Comon wealth, they desire the provision now 
made for the ministry, the first minister & the School may be ac- 
cepted on that accompt : and where as the Comitte have already 
Spent So much time in Sitting to receive Claims, besides Their 
Journey thither [36] and have been considerably in advance of 
money and also Expect to have the care and trouble of S d Town 



62 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1714. 



possibly for Some years, and they find the former Comitte to have 
been interested in fourteen fiveteen & twenty ten acre Lotts The 
several persons admitted having pitched already upon the places 
where they desire to sit down. 

They pray there may to each of the present Comitte a forty acre 
Lott be granted (if the Hon b Court Shal So meet) to be laid out 
to them in the town where they can find a place not taken up ; 
together with a Right to meadow & after divisions, to be laid out 
in the land next adjoyning in proportion to other proprietors, when 
Such proportion can be known. 

The Comitte humbly Submit these proposalls to y e deter- 
minat and consideration of this Honourable Court for their further 
direction 

Signed |? order of the Comitte 

William Taylor 



Boston June 14 1714 



Consented to 

Joseph Dudley 



Coppy as of Record 

Examined f) Is a Addington Secrf 



[37] 

A List of the Old proprietors of Worcester and who the present 
proprietors are 6° number of Acres 



from 

from Button 
from Paine 
granted 
The Heirs of 



Coll" Winthrop 
Jonas Rice 
ditto Rice 
James Holmes 
Gershom Rice 

ditto 

ditto 
James Butler 
Jacob Lenard 
Thomas Prentice 



4-10 acre Lotts 
3-10 acre 
3-10 acre 
4 - 10 acre 
3-10 acre 

3 - 10 acre 
2-10 acre New 
4-10 acre 

4 - 10 acre 

5 - 10 acre 



I7I4-] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



63 



] 



3 " 

4 " 
4 - 

3 " 

4 - 
4 - 



Mr 9 Salter 
Bridget Usher 
Isaac Bull to Nath 1 more 
ditto — 
Isaac Bull to Rice Jonathan [ 

Jonathan Ting 
To Diggory Sergeant George Parmeter 6 
James Rice 
John Eliott 
ditto 
John Wing to John [ ] 
ditto 
ditto 
ditto 
ditto 
Peter & Palmer Golden 
The heirs of Mr Henchman 
Isaac Leonard 
Jeacob Brown &c 
Josiah Haywood Jonathan Marble 



Jonas Rice 



Peter King 
To the Comitte 
Ministerial 
To y e Minister 
To the School 



6 - 
10 - 

8 - 
18 - 

4 - 
6 - 

4 - 

4 - 

5 " 
15 " 

4 - 

6 - 

3 - 

3 " 

20 - 

4 - 
4 - 
2 - 



New 



o acre 

o acre 

o acre 

o acre 

o acre 

o acre 

o acre as Excuf 

o acre 

o acre 

o acre 

o acre 

o acre 

o acre 

o acre 

o acre 

o acre 

o acre 

o acre 

o acre 

o acre 

w 

o acre 
o acre 
o acre 
o acre 
o acre 



Tomlin 
Turell 
Gowell 
Daniel 



100 



6 4 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1714. 



[38] A List of New Lotts granted. 

To Daniel Haywood & Deacon Haywood 
To Henry Lee from Jont Hubbart 

ditto from Townsend 

To Obediah Ward 

ditto from Leonard Hore 

To John Hubbard 
To Benj a Barron from Jn° Maryon 

ditto from VVheler 

ditto from Davice 

To Isaac Wheler 
To Thomas Gleson 
To Rich d Ward from Hezekiah Bush 
To David Haines from Nuten 
To Moses Leonard 
To James Tayler 
To James H olden 
To Ephraim Rice 
To Ephraim Rice Jun r 
To Josiah Rice 
To Elisha Rice 
To Aaron Adams 
To Daniel Livermore 
To Thomas Haggate 
To George Danson 
1717 'Pq Ephraim Curtice 
Ma 2 rch To Stephen Minett of Boston 
To W m Payne of Boston 
To Samuel Leonard ^ Benj a Allen 



i 4-1 


[o acre Lotts 


3 " 


10 acre 


3 " 


[o acre 


3 - 


[o acre 


3 - 


10 acre 


3 " 


[O acre 


3 " 


[O acre 


3 - 


[0 acre 


3 - 


[O acre 


or 4 - 


[o acre 


3 - 


[O acre 


3 - 


[O acre 


3 " 


to acre 


3 " 


to acre 


3 " 


to acre 


3 - 


[O acre 


3 " 


to acre 


3 " ] 


[o acre . 


3 " 


to acre 


3 - i 


to acre 


3 - J 


to acre 


4 - i 


acre 


2 - i 


acre 


20 - i 


acres 


6 - 1 


acres 


2 - i 


acres 


2 - 1 


acres 


4 - 1 


acres 



184 



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Worcester, Massachusetts. 



65 



[39] 
1 718 The Comitte having apointed Thomas How Esq r cS: Lt 

Apni 23 Haynes to give Certificates for all Such of the Inhabitants 

of Worcester as have built houses on their Lotts & performed the 

conditions on which their Lotts were granted to them ; the S d 

Thomas How and Lt Haynes did on y e 23 d of april returne a list of 

Such as had complyed and paid the money for their home Lotts 

and they are accordingly put upon Record viz 



Granted and laid out to Lt Jonas Rice by David Hayns Survey- 
or on the right of Thomas Atherton, Thre Ten acre Lotts (part of 
his Six ten acre Lotts laid out to him on S d Athertons acco') bound- 
ed South & partly West by land left for high wayes 

bounded north with his other two ten acre Lotts wch two lotts 
are bounded by land in the possession of James Butler & by land 
now in the possession of James Rice bouned West partly by land 
in the possession of James Rice, bounded East by land left for a 
highway according to the draft 



Small red oake tree 



West 1 54 rod 



a heap of Stones 



O 



O 

00 



3 

o 



30 acres 



30 acres to 
Jonas Rice 



T3 
O 
— 

u 

o 



East 74 rod a heap of Stones 



a Stake East 80 rod 



a Stake 



Thre other thre acre Lotts complyed with as $ Certift from 
Thomas How & David Haynes Sept e 5 1718 



PROP. RKC. 



66 Records of the Proprietors. \\~]\\. 

[40] 

Granted & laid out to James Rice Thre ten acre Lotts on the 

right of George Ripley for which he has fulfilled the order of Court 

in Setling Worcester being butted and bounded according to the 

following plan, as it was laid out by David Haynes Surveyor 

bounded Southerly by land in the possession of Jonas Rice 

Westerly by a highway East by James Butlers Lott 
Northerly by the Lott that was formerly Paines 

Stake & Stones West 80 rod Stake & Stones 



v. 

o 

c 



c 
o 



o 
p. 



30 acres to 
James Rice 



O 



O 



Stake & Stones 



East 80 rod 



Stake & Stones 



Granted & laid out to Gershom Rice Thre Ten acre Lotts upon 
the right of William Pain for which he has fulfilled the Courts or- 
der in Settling Worcester being butted & bounded according to the 
following plan as it was laid out to him by David Haynes Surveyor 

noth by land of James Holmes West by a highway East by land in 

possession of Gershom Rice South by land in possession of James Rice & 
this land Incompasseth Gershom Rices house & orchard 

Stake West 2d S 80 rod Stake 





% 




T3 


30 acres to 


T> 







O 


1- 




1- 


s 


Gershom Rice 


$ 


£ 




4> 






£ 






T3 


N 




N 


!/) 







2 stones East 2 d nt 80 Rod 



an oake 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



6 7 



1714.] 

[4i] 

Granted and laid out to John Hubbard Three ten acre Lotts by 

order of the Comitte may 17 14 with all right in Comon in Wor- 
cester belonging to S l1 30 acre Lott (for which he has fulfilled the 
Courts order in Settling S d Town) being butted & bounded accord- 
ing to the plan. Southerly by the mill brook Easterly by the land 
of James Rice and by mill brook every way else by the Comon 

land 

David Haynes, Sur T 



maple 



tree 




maple tree 



J 



30 acres to 
olm Hubbard 



1,1 e tree 




( e Oake 



Granted & Laid out to James Holdin Three Ten acre Lotts by 
order of the Comitte may 20' 1714 with all the right in Comon 
in Worcester belonging to a 30 acre Lott for which he has fulfilled 
the Courts order in Settling S d Town, being butted and bounded 
according to the following plan as it was laid out by David Haynes 
Surveyer bounded 



68 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1714. 



Southerly by the halfe way river 

Easterly by land laid out to Elisha Rice — 

on the north side of halfe way river near mount Tobscot 

Every way else by coraon or undivided land — 



% 



Vh 



<?/■ 



% 



f V 



■j. 



M 



in 






30 acres to 
James Holdin 



O 






[42] 

Granted and laid out to James Taylor Three ten acre Lotts In 
Worcester, with the right in Comon belonging to S d 30 acre Lott 
which was granted him by the Comitte may y e 20' 1714 for which 
he has fulfilled the Courts order for Settling S d Town being butted 
& bounded according to the following plan, as it was laid out by 
David Haynes Surveyor — bounded 

Southerly by a Lott laid out to m r Leonard 
Joyning to Wigwam Hill near Quinsigamond pond 
Every other way by Comon land 



I7H-] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



69 



White Oake IT nt 5 deg 10 m 80 rod Stake marked I T & Stones 



o 

o 

> 



30 acres to 
James Taylor 



Stone IT S 5 deg Et 80 Rod 



13 
o 

o 

vO 

C 
m 

w 



Stake marked I T 



Granted and out to Daniel Haywood upon the right of Deacon 
John Haywood four Ten acre Lotts in Worcester with all further 
divisions of land, which was granted his father by the Comitte may 
1 714 for \v h he has fulfilled the Courts order for Settling S d Town 
butted and bounded according to the foiling plan as it was laid out 
by David Haynes Surv r 
bounded north by the ministers Lott 

South by Ephraim Curtis land & Elliotts meadow 

East by a highway : West by Comon land — 

it runs cross y e mill meadow near y e burying place 



black Oake 
Q I 40 acres t 

^ 4 acres 

iri 

black birch 



Wt 15 nt 182 rodd 
Daniel Haywood and 
of undivided meadow belonging to ye Town 



Stake 



r 



Et 15 St 182 rodd 



horn beam & 
Smal hemlock 



7 o 



Records of the Pi'oprietors. 



[1714. 



[43] 

Granted and laid out to Thomas Gleason of Sudbury Thre Ten 
acre Lotts in Worcester for a house Lott that was granted to him 
by the Comitte in may last with y e right of Comon &c for which 
he has fulfilled the Courts order for Settling S d place butted and 
bounded according to the plan, as it was laid out to him by David 
Haynes Survey 1, bounded East by land in possession of Thomas & 
Ichabod Brown, north by the Country road & Every way else by 
the undivided land, lying at y e Westerly end of Browns meadow 



red Oake 



2 

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White Oak 



S 29 d Wt 80 rod 



30 acres to 
Thomas Gleason 



nt 29 d Kt 80 Rod 



Stake 



a 



White Oake 



Granted & laid out to Thomas Haggate a Twenty acre Lott In 
Worcester, which was Granted by the Comitte may 1714 with all 
rights and divisions in the Comon land belonging to S d Lott for 
which he has fulfilled the Courts order for Settling the Same : be- 
ing butted and bounded according to the plan as it was laid out 
by David Haynes Surveyer lying Eastward of Browns meadow on 
y e north side of the Country road & bounded East by the Comon 
land South by the S d Road north by land of Benj a Barnes West 
by land in y c possession of Thomas & Ichabod Brown 



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[44] 

Granted & laid out to Joshua Rice upon the Right of Jonathan 
Hubbard a Thirty acre Lott at Worcester, with all the Right in 
Comon w h was granted to S d Hubbert by the Comitte may 1714 
for which Joshua Rice has fulfilled the Courts order for Setling S d 
Town butted & bounded according to y e plan, as it was laid out to 
J Hubbart by D Haynes Sur r lying on boath Sides the old Country 
road, about halfe a mile Westward from Capt Wings mill place, 
bounded northly by land laid out to Leonard Hoar y e other Sides 
by Comon land 



Hemlock tree 



Wt 15 d nt 126 rod 



Red Oake I H 




Black Oake 



Et 15 d St 126 rod 



Stone 



Granted & laid out to Nathanael moor upon the right of Isaac 
Bull ffour Ten acre Lotts at Worcester, with all the Rights in 
Comon for which he has fulfilled the order of Court for Settling S d 
Town, butted and bounded according to the following plan, as it 
was laid out to him by David Haynes Surveyor 

north & West by land left for a highway 

South by land that was Degory Sergeants 

every way else by undivided land 



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[1714. 



red oake & Stones S 80 rod Stake & Stones 




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30 acres to 
natld moor 



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White oake bush 
& Stone 



nt 80 rod 



Chestnut Tre 



[45] 

Granted & laid out to Obadiah Ward of Sudbury Thre Ten acre 
Lotts in Worcester for his house Lott, bounded every way by 
Comon & undivided land & marked trees, lying on boath Sides of 
mill brook & Crosseth pine meadow brook, it lyeth on & joyning 
to the n 1 Westerly side of Oake Hill & is north Westerly from Ger- 
shom Rice house Lott as signified by the platt laid out to him by 
David Haynes Survr. 

Grey Oake 



Smal red o a V- e j£-£ 
& brush on ye 
nt side of ye 
brook 



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6 rod 



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73 



Granted and laid out to Aaron Adams of Sudbury Thre Ten 
acre Lotts in Worcester for a house Lott for which he has fulfilled 
the Courts ac~t in Setting S' 1 Town bounded every way by undi- 
vided land and markt Trees, it is East of mill brook & West of 
Oake hill as signified in the platt laid out to him by I )avid Haynes 

Sur r 

heap of stones E od S ioo rod Slake 



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30 acres to 
Aaron Adams 



00 



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ei- 



Stake & Stones 



Wt 9d nt 100 rod 



Stake 



[46] 

Granted & laid out to Lt David Haynes Thirty acres of land in 

Worcester on boath Sides halfe way river with all rights and further 

divisions of land & meadow in S d Town, bounded every way by 

comon land & markt trees near chesnut Hill begining at a red 

Oake tree marked D H from thence Et i4 d nt 83 rod to a red 

oake tree marked D H, from thence S i4 d Et 60 rod to a red 

oake tree marked D H from thence W i4 d S 83 rod to a heap of 

Stones & a white Oake about fourteen feet within S d land marked 

D H as it is signified in the platt, including one acre of meadow 

within it as Surveyed by David Haynes 

red oake Wt I4d S 83 rod heap stones 



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W 



Wt Oake * 



30 acres to D Haynes 
1 acre meadow 






White Oake Et I4d nt 83 rod 



red oake 



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74 



Records of the Proprictoi's. [ 1 7 1 4 . 



June 20 j^ajd out to Gershom Rice for a Second division, on both 
1 718 Sides of ffrench river & touching halfe way river Seventy 
five acres of land, persuant to Grant made by y e Comitte 
in 1 714 upon the right of mr Payne, bounded partly West by land 
in possession of Cap 1 Prentice, East by land in possession of m r 
John Smith, every way else by comon land and marked trees, as 
Signified in y e plat a Country road runing thro S* 1 land 6 rod wide 
as Surveyed $ D Haynes 



Stake 



Stub 



Grey OnV.e 




E 13 S 140 rod 



Ipine 

,>ca "tree 



[47] 
Granted and laid out to mrs John Eliott & John Smith on y e 

wright of Daniel Gookin one hundred acres of land in Worcester 
with all the rights & farther divisions of land & meadow in S d Town 
bounded north by halfe way river, East, South and West by un- 
divided land for wch m r John Smith has fulfilled the order of Court 
in Setling the S d Town, laid out as it is Signified in the plat as it 
was Surveyed by David Haynes 



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75 



Stones 40 
oa^ e % 



t0( \.-. stones 



white oak 



200 acres of land formerly laid out to mr Daniel 
Gookin on and joyning to Bogachoge Hill 



house 




Granted and laid out to mesr John Eliott and John Smith on 
the right of m r Daniel Gookin, Eighty acres of land in Worcester, 
with all rights and further divisions of land and meadow in S d Town 
for w ch m r John Smith has fulfilled the order of Court for Setling 
S d Town, laid out as it is described in the plat by David Haynes 
Surveyor 



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white oake\ 




j e.\ heap of stones 



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[1714. 



[48] Worcester June 24' 17 18 

Laid out four hundred and fifty acres of land for a 2 d division of 
land in Worcester to mrs John Eliott and John Smith upon the 
right of Daniel Gookin Esq r persuant to a grant made by y ee hon r 
Comitte upon record to both their house lotts, as signified in the 
plat & adjoyning to S d house Lotts on boath Sides halfe way river 
& on & joyning to Bogachoge hill, & partly to Racoon plain, 
bounded n l partly by 100 acres of land & by 80 acres of land laid 
out to D. Gookin & halfe way river S l & W l by undivided land & 
ffrench river, E l part on undivided land & halfe way river as Sur- 
veyed by David Haynes 




I 7 I 5-] Worcester, Massachusetts. 77 

also laid out to them Eighteen acres of meadow for y e first 
division of meadow on S d Gookin his right as it is signified in these 
two platts herewith presented : to them their heirs & assigns 
as surveyed by David Haynes 



[49] Worcester Sept 20 l , 1 715 

Laid to the Honour b Comitte for Worcester Two Thous d 
acres of Land in Worcester on the North side of y e Country road 
on and joyning to burnt coat plain, near Quinsicamog pond : 
bounded Easterly with the Worcester line, Southerly with a high 
way in part, and partly with a Lott laid out Benj a Barron : every 
way else by undivided land as it is signified in the platt : This 2000 
acres of land was laid out by order of the Honourable Comitte 
William Taylor Adam Winthrop & Thomas How being present & 
Surveyed by David Haynes 

This 2000 acres of land as it is laid out on y e other side is in 
full for all the land and meadow due to the S d Comitte in the 
township of Worcester by vertue of their Comitte Lotts granted 
them by the General Court 

upon a fair Lott drawn at marlborough the Lott next 

1 Worcester line fell to Capt. How 

2 the second lott fell to Coll n Winthrop 

3 the third Lott fell to Coll" Dudley 

4 the fourth Lott to the Hon r Coll" Taylor 

5 the fifth Lott to Coll" Ballantine 
But now by agreement the 

Second Lott belongs to Coll" John Ballantine 

Third Lott to Coll" Will 1 " Dudley 

ffourth Lott to Coll" Will'" Taylor 

ffifth Lott to Coll n Adam Winthrop 

as Expressed & Sett fourth In the platt 
on the other Side 



78 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1715- 



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[50] By vertue of a Grant from the Hon r 
Comitte for Worcester bearing date Decem r 
30 l 1 7 15 laid out to Ad'" Winthrop Esq 1 " forty 
three acres for his house Lott on the West Side 
of S d Winthrops Comitte Lott with one hundred 
acres for his second division as it is signified in 
the platt bounded Southerly by a high way Six 
Rodd wide, Westerly and north- 
erly by undivided land, Easterly 
by S d Winthrops Comitte Lott. 

This forty thre acres is in full 
Satisfaction for 43 acres S d Win- 
throp resigned up for a minis- 
terial Lott a high way runing 
thro S d Lott paralel with the high 
way that crosseth the Comittes 
land as it is prickt out 

Surveyed by David Haynes 



black birch marked W 



[51] Worcester October 3 d 17 16 By order of the Honour 1 * Com- 
itte, laid out to the Heirs of m r Daniel Henchman fiveteen Ten 
acre Lotts on the East side of mill brook in Worcester, Country 
road runing thro Some part of it as Signified in the platt : with a 
Town high way runing thro S d land in Some convenient place, 
bounded Westerly by S d brook in part & partly by coraon bounded 
partly north by land laid out on the right of Daniel Turell, every 
way else by the undivided land as it is Signified in the platt 

Surveyed by David Haynes 



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[1716. 



heap stones 
.'. D H 



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S. 



West 16 (1 nt 200 rod 



15-10 acre Lotts to 
Daniel Henchman with 
allowance for high wayes 



red , *jft/oake 
marked-«42r jj jf 



Stones D H 









£/ 



& lod S 1 So rod 



10/ rot l 




White 
oake D H 



_Jy£/pine tree D h 



[52] By order of the Hon r Comitte for Worcester laid out to Jacob 
Leonard of Bridgewater on the right of Mathew Tomlin four Ten 
acre Lotts, bounded West by land formerly Samuel Daniels : East 
by land formerly Isaac Bulls & Tomlins every way else by undi- 
vided land : this land lyeth on and joyning to the South Side of 
Bimeleck hill as Surveyed by David Haynes 
Odlob' 28 1 714 fullfilled the Courts order 
Stake & Stones Square angles 80 rodd Stones 



4 Ten acre lotts to Jacob 
Leonard Mr Tomlin 



Pine tree & Stake 80 rodd Stake & Stones 



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81 



April 27 1 716 laid out to Richard Ward Thirty acres of land 
in Worcester on and joyning to Indian Hill & pine Swamp begin- 
ing at a White oake tree N E i8 d Et 120 rod To a White oake 
thence in a Square angle 40 rod to a Stake & Stones, thence square 
angle 1 20 rod to a white oake tree, thence to the place we began 
bounded every way by comon land as signified in the plat for w ch 
he has fulfilled the Courts order Surveyed $ 

David Haynes 



whit e oake N E i8d E 120 rod stake st ones white oake 29 rod 



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30 acres to Rd Ward 



white oake 



120 rod 



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white oake 



13 
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9 1-4 acres 

Equivalent 

for highway 








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[53] Worcester march 17' 17 14-5 By order of y* Comitte Wore 
laid out to moses Leonard a Thirty acre Lott at Worcester which 
was granted to him by y e Cort may 17 14 with all rights in comon 
in Worcester belonging to S d lott bounded northerly by land laid 
out to James Taylor every way else by comon and undivided land 
this lott lyeth Southerly of Wigwag Hill near Quinsicamog pond 
as signified in the plat for which he has Complyed with the order 
of Court D Haynes Surve r 



double white oake 
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S 5d E 120 rod 



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30 acres Moses Leonard 


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white oake 

PROP. REC. 



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white oake 



en 



Stones 



8 2 Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 7 1 4. 

Worcester Janu r 26 17 14 by order of y e Honou r Comitte laid 
out to Leonard Hore a thirty acre Lott at Worcester with all the 
right in Comon in Worcester belonging to S d 30 acres which was 
granted him by S d Comitte May 20 th 17 14 lying on the West Side 
of mill brook on y e north Side Connect old road partly & partly on 
y e South Side S d road bounded West by a Lott laid out to Jonathan 
Hubbard Easterly by Ephraim Curtis land every way else by comon 
as is signified in y e plat Surveyed by D Haynes 



alack 


oake bush E 15c! S 1 


26 rod 






ffi 





30 acres to Leonard Hore 


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stal- 


.e W 150! n 126 


•od 


Walnut tre 



[54] By order of the Hon 1 Comitte for Worcester persuant an or- 
der bearing date march 28' & Sept 20' laid out to the heirs of mr 
Alexander Boggle at the desire of mr Thomas Biney of Hull in 
Worcester four ten acre lotts, lying Eastward of pine meadow 
Westward of mr Halls Lott joyning to millstone hill bounded West- 
erly by land in possession of Isaac Wheler in part & in part by 
comon land, northerly & Easterly by comon land, Southerly by 
the new road leading from Jonas Rice to the pond as the trees are 
now marked & Signified in the plat for which Thomas Biney has 
complyed with the order of Court D Haynes Sur r 

white oake heap stones T B 




nw 17c! nt 140 rod 
4 Ten acre lotts to a Boggle 
Thomas Biney 






Grey oake T B S E 17 S 112 rod heap stones T B 



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83 



Decemb r 20' 17 14 By the order of the Comitte for Worcester 
laid out to Isaac Wheler Sen r of medfield four Ten acre Lotts for a 
house Lott bounded S W by pine meadow, every way else by 
comon and undivided land, lying between pine meadow hill & 
rockey hill : eastward of Rattle Snake den as signified in y e plat 
with all right in comon belonging to a 40 acre Lott provided he 
settle there for w oh he has complyed with the Courts order 

D Haynes Surv r 



heap stones 



102 rod 



Stake & Stones 



o-. 

Cm 



Grey oake 



40 acres to Isaac Wheler provided he 
settle in Worcester himselfe 






o 



S W l-jd W 102 rod 



white oake 



[55]Worcester novemb r 14' 1714 By order of the Honou r Comitte 
for Worcester at the desire of m rs Sarah Tomlin I have perambu- 
lated & renewed the bounds of Eighteen ten acre lotts besides 
Hutt lotts formerly Capt John Wings : bounded South by a high 
way or ministers land, tutching the N E Corner of Bridget Ushers 
Lott, bounded West by undivided land, north by undivided in 
part & partly by mill brook ; East by mill brook and undivided 
land as Signified in y e platt $ D Haynes Sur r for w ch mess r Palmer 
&c have fulfilled the Courts order 



84 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[i7i5- 



W IS* N 1 1^5 HOD 




This farme formerly Capt John Wings 
In Worcester q' 18 - 10 acre lotts 
besides Hutt lotts 18 



mill broo^ 




[56] Worcester march 19* 17 15 Laid out & renewed the bounds 
of Six Ten acre Lotts to m rs Sarah Tomlin in Worcester on the 
East Side of mill brook bounded by y e Citadel in part northerly in 
part by land laid out to Henchman, every way else by Comon 
land : This was on the right of Daniel Turel and laid out by the 

Hon 1 Comittes order also ffour Ten acre Lotts to m re Sarah 

Tomlin on Bogachoge hill on Cowells right bounded South with 
the Town line East with land undivided : West & partly north by 
lands not divided, partly on y ee north by maj r Gukins 100 acres 
also Six Hutt Lotts on the East side of mill brook on the right of 



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Worcester, Massachusetts. 



85 



m r Goldin bounded West by S d brook, South by y e ministers Lott, 
every way else by comon land : a highway six rod wide thro S' 1 hut 
Lotts as signified in y ee platt by 

David Haynes Sur r 



White oake 40 rod Stake & Stones black oake W yd n 60 rod 




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to Tomlin 



Stones 46 rod Stake 



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[57] Worcester Dec r 20 1714 By order of the Hono r Comitte 
laid out and renewed the bounds of ffour Ten acre lotts at Wor- 
cester to Sarah Tomlin upon the right of Isaac Tomlin : bounded 
South & West by a highway north by land formerly Samuel Dan- 
iels in part & partly by land in the possession of Jacob Leonard : 



86 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1714. 



East by undivided land as it is signified in the plat, this land ly- 
eth Easterly from the place that was formerly Isaac Bulls joyning 
to rockey hill Surveyed by D Haynes 

Stones S 2d E 80 rod Mack oake 



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4-10 acre Lotts 
Sarah Tomlin 



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Messr Palmer oulton & 
Waldo fulhlled ye Courts 
order 



Stake & Stones n 2d W 80 rod Stones 



Worcester nov r 4' 17 14 By order of y ee Honoun Comitte and 
at the desire of m" Tomlin laid out and renewed the bounds of 
37 acres & 150 [•»/<:] rod of land on the right of Samuel Daniel 
bounded South by land laid out on the right of Isaac Tomlin East 
by land in possession of Jacob Lenerd, West by a highway, north 
partly by James Butlers land, partly comon lying West of Bimeleck 
hill joyning to oake hill as surveyed by D Haynes 
Stones W : 2d S 69 rod Stake 





37 acres 15 rod to 








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16 1-4 acres to Sarah 


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Stake & E 2d n 69 rod Stones oake tie E 3d S 65 rod oake tre 

Stones joyning to ye north of the other Lotts 

on ye W side of Bimlec hill W by a highway 



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Worcester, Massachusetts. 



87 



[58] Worcester nov r io' 1714 By order of the Comitte laid out 
at y e desire of Thomas & Ichabod Brown of new Town Six Ten 
acre Lotts in Worcester bounded Easterly northerly & Westerly by 
undivided land Southerly by Thomas Gleasons Lott. This land 
lyeth in & joyning to a meadow called Browns meadow on boath 
sides of y e Country road with allowance for it & the bounds of S d 
land is renewed & Surveyed by David Haynes Surv r for Worcester 

Stones & Stake S by W id W 166 rod Stones & Slake 



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6 - 10 acre Lotts to Thomas & Jacob Brown 
with allowance of ye Country road 6 rod 
thro it as formerly laid out 



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white uake 



Square angle 166 rod 



Stake at ye 
S end Meadow 



Janu r 29' 1 714 By order of the Comitte laid out to Jonas Rice 
a Thirty acre Lott in Worcester with all right in comon belonging 
to S d 30 acre Lott which was granted him by y e Comitte may 20 
1 714 lying on both sides mill brook runing on cedar Swamp plain 
bounded Southerly by a highway, every way else by comon land 
and the great Cedar Swamp as signified in y e plat Surveyed 

by David Haynes 



pine 
tre 



Elm, 



W 1 2d S 116 rod 



30 acres 




white 
°ake I R 



white 
oake 



<k> roil 



88 



Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 7 1 5 . 



[59] Worcester march 16 17 14 By order of the Honour 1 Comitte 
laid out to John Barron in the room & right of John miriam a 
Thirty acre Lott at Worcester with right in comon to S d 30 acres 
granted by S d Comitte may 20' 17 14 to John miriam lying on y e 
north sides of Connect road near burnt coat plain on & joyning to 
Indian hill : bounded East by land laid out to Benj B Barron South 
by land laid out to Thomas & Jcabod Brown and undivided 
land : north by land laid out to Benj a ffletcher West by comon land 
near mill brook & signified in the platt Surveyed by D Haynes 

Benj a Barron 
Stake & Stones E 2d S 120 rod Stake & Stones 



s 

■5 


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Stake 


30 acres to John Barron in ye right 
of John miriam 


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& Stones W 2d nt 1 20 rod 
Browns land 


Stake & Stones 



Worcester march 1715 By order of the Honour 1 Comitte laid 
out a Thirty acre Lott to Henry Lee in y e roome of Samuel Davis 
lying on the East side of mill brook joyning to Indian hill : the 
new road of 6 rod wide runing thro it bounded Southerly by a lott 
that was laid out to m r " Tomlin on y e right of Daniel Turell, every 
way else by comon land granted by y e Comitte to S d S : Davis with 
all further rights &c of comon land & meadow in Worcester now 
conveyed to H. Lee Surveyed by D Haynes 

Stones n 7d Et 86 rod white a sh 



30 acres to 
Henry Lee 



black oake 



Stones 



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89 



[60] Worcester Janu r 17 14 By order of the Honour 1 Comitte 
laid out to Josiah Haywood a Thirty acre Lott in Worcester with 
all right belonging to 30 acres which Lott was granted him by S d 
Comitte may 20' 17 14 lying on & joyning to y c north Side of Bime- 
leck hill bounded northerly by land in the possession of the heirs 
of m r Peter Goldin deceased, every way else by comon or undi- 
vided land as is signified in the plat Surveyed by David Haynes 
red oake E by S So rod pine tree 



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30 acres to 
Josiah Haywood 



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poplar 



W b n 80 rod 



walnut bush 



Worcester nov r 13 1 714 By order of the Hon 1 Comitte laid out 
to Ephraim Curtice & renewed the bounds of five ten acre Lotts in 
Worcester on the West side of the Contry road in & joyning to 
long Swamp boundad East by Country road every way else by un- 
divided land and markt trees as it is Signified in the platt Survey- 
ed by David Haynes 



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35 7c ke 



PROP. REC. 



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[61] Worcester Janu r 26 17 15 Laid out to Daniel Livermore 
forty acres of land in Worcester on & joyning to little Bogachoge 
hill runing cross the french river including thre acres of meadow 
within S d plat, begining at an Elme tree runing S E 1 7 d S 1 20 rod 
to a white oake markt from thence Square angle 62 rod : thence 
square angle 125 rod to an elme tree in the side of a swamp thence 
to the place where we began as Signified in y e platt Suvey d 

$ David Haynes 
white oake n VV 17c! n 125 rod Elme tre 



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40 acres upland & 3 acres meadow 
to Daniel Livermoor 



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white oake 



S E 17c! S 125 rod 



Worcester ffeb r 3 d 17 14 By order of the Hono 1 Comitte laid 
out to Elisha Rice a Thirty acre lott at Worcester with y e right in 
comon belonging to S d 30 acres : which Lott was granted him by 
S d Comitte may 20' 17 14 lying on the north Side of halfe way riv- 
er joyning & so bounded by S d river S : bounded westerly by a lott 
laid out to Ja : Holden every way else by undivided land as Signi- 
fied in the plat . $ D Haynes 



tree 



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[62] Worcester Dec 1 " 23' 1 1714 By order of the Honou 1 Comitte 
laid out Collr Jonathan Ting Esq 1 of Hezekiah Usher four Ten 
acre Lotts, bounded East by m™ Bridget Ushers lott : north partly 
by land that was formerly Cap' Wings every way else by undivided 
land. This land is joyning to prospect hill and long Swamp as 
Snrveyed $ David Haynes 

Red oake W 15c! n 80 rod crooked white oake 









4 Ten acre lott 
to Collr Ting 
Hezekiah Usher 



Stake & Stones 



E I5d S 80 rod Stake & Stones 

markt tree blown up 



Worcester ffeb r 1 714 By order of y e Hon d Comitte & persuant 
to a Grant ; laid out to the Heirs of Peter Goulding & renewed 
the bounds of five Ten acre Lotts in Worcester near Quinsicamag 
pond bounded northerly in part by land laid out to the Heirs of 

m r Salter, Southerly by land laid out to Josiah Heywood, 

every way else by comon land, as it is butted bounded & Signified 
in this plan Surveyed by David Haynes 



Poplar 



-132 rod 

PeterG °^sh eirs 
50 acres -Hand 



Stone 



St 



ones g 



w W7 2o 



vv, t oake 



9 2 



Records of the Proprietors. [ i 7 1 4. 



[63] Worcester ffeb r i' 17 14 By order of the Honou r Comitte 
laid out and renewed the bounds of Thre Ten acre lotts in Wor- 
cester to the heirs of m r Eneas Salter on y e right of Button bound- 
ed Southerly by land laid out to the heirs of Peter Golding, every 
way else by comon land as it is signified in the platt 

Surveyed 1$ David Haynes 



Stake 



o 



o 



Stake 



E by S 82 rod 



white oake 



30 acres to Eneas Salter 
Dutton 



82 rod 



black oake 



Worcester Dec r 20' 17 14 By order of y° Hono r Comitte laid 
out & renewed the bounds of four ten acre Lott Worcester at y c 
desire of m r James Butler on J Butler Sen 1 " right & newcomb in two 
parcalls : 3 - 10 acres bounded w' by land in possession of James 
Rice n' : by land of Joshua Rice South by Jonas Rice, E', by a 
high way also one 10 acre lott more on S d right bounded westerly 
by nath 1 moor formerly Bulls, n l a highway every way else by un- 
divided land lying at Williams Lott within it there is one acre for 
a hutt Lott as Signified in y e plat ^ David Haynes 



Stake & Stones W So rod 



Stake Stone 



o 



o 
o 



s. 



3 Ten acre Lotts 

in ye right of 
liutler & Newcomb 



Stake nt 1 E 45 maple 



1 1 acres 
ditto 






Red oake 



45 



ash 



whiteSgS&oake 



E 80 rod 



Stake 



i;i4-] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



93 



[64] Worcester may 20' 1 714 By order of the Hon r Comitte laid 
out to Isaac Leonard of Bridgewater fforty acres of land in Wor- 
cester joyning to Rattle Snake hill bounded South by land formerly 
in possession of Samuel Leonard, every way else by undivided land : 
also four acres of meadow & upland near to his Lott, bounded 
every way by undivided land & markt trees as signified in the plat 

Surveyed by D Haynes 







E 1 50" n 80 rod 






£, 

•ki 




40 acres land to 


T3 

u 








00 


Isaac Leonard 


O 

00 


s\* ftC %^\ 




c 




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W 
-a 










PA .^^ 










tp\ ^^-^ 










*y^ 










$L 










r*. 










fO 




W I5d S 80 rod 





Worcester Dec r 23 d 1 714 By order of the Honou r Comitte laid 

out to m" Bridgett Usher in Worcester four Ten acre Lotts in 

Worcester, bounded, East by land of adam Winthrop South by 

undivided land, West by land laid out to the right of Hezekiah 

Usher, north by land formerly Capt Wings, this land lyeth in and 

joyning to long Swamp and prospect hill as Surv 

"§ David Haynes 
white oake V S 15c! W 80 rod black birch 



^ 



ts o 
^ 00 

10 



W 



4 - 10 acre Lotts 
Bridget Usher 



o 






Stake & Stones n 1 5d E 80 rod Red oake 



94 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1714. 



[65] Worcester nov r 5' 17 14 By order of the Honour 1 Comitte 
and at the desire of George Parmiter of Sudbury layd out and re- 
newed the bounds of Six Ten acre Lotts in Worces' on the right 
of Digory Sergeant, for the heirs of Digory Sergeant bounded South 
by comon land, East and west and north by land left for high 
wayes : this land is westly of Isaac Bulls house Lott on & joyning to 
Sagatobscot hill as it is Signified in the platt Surveyed 

1$ David Haynes 
Stake nt id west 130 rod Stones 



■Si 

*0 



6:10 acre Lotts for 
Digory Sergeant 



S id Et 130 rod 



white oake 



.->tones 



Worcester nov r 4' 17 14 By order of the Honour 1 Comitte laid 
out & renewed the bounds of ffour Ten acre Lotts in Worcester to 
James Holmes of Woodstock at his desire bounded South & partly 
East by land in possession of Gershom Rice, north & partly East 
by undivided land West by a highway, this land lyeth on both sides 
of pine meadow brook on the East side of mill brook Suv r 

by David Haynes 
heap of stones W 5d S 80 rod Gre y oake 



o 

00 

W 

C/3 



4-10 acres to 
James Holmes 



- 



o 

00 



-a 



maple tree E 2d n 80 rod 

on ye banke of pine meadow 



Grey oake 



I714-] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



95 



[66] Worcester ffeb r 2 d 1714 By order of the Honour 1 Comitte 
laid out & renewed the bounds of four Ten acre Lotts at Worces- 
ter at the desire of James Rice : to him S d James Rice on the 
Rights of Isaac Bull, lying on & joyning to y e S' end of Bimeleck 
hill, bounded west by land formerly to mathew Tomlin now in 
possession of Jacob Leonard East & north by comon : also an 
addition of five acres of Swamp & low land on y c South Side y ee 
4-10 acre Lott as is Signified in y e plat also 4 acres of meadow 
& Swamp on y e South Side S d lott, joyning to S d lotts, with thre 
rod wide round S d meadow for fencing as is Signiged in the platt 
Surveyed ty David Haynes 






tt 
* 



heap of stones 
u n Snake hill 







S 100 rod 




T3 
O 








£ 








u 










Stake 


n 80 rodd 


S 



T3 
O 



o 

00 



Stake 



Stones on a rock 



O, 



14 acre 



f »e 3 d 



ow 



Worcester April 30 1 7 1 6 By order of y c Honour 1 Comitte laid 
out to Capt Thomas Prentice fifty acres of land on & joyning to 
Chesnut Hill begining at a heep of stones on the north Easterly 
side of Chesnut hill runing S 2 d W 154 Rod to a white oake tree : 
w 2 d n 52 rod to a white oake tree: n 2 d Et 154 rod to a red oake 
tree : E 2 d S 52 rod to where we begun bounded Southerly by y e 
Country rode, every way else by comon land & marked trees as 
Signified in y e platt Surveyed by David Haynes 



9 6 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1714. 



Stones 



1 54 rod 



white oake 






G 



60 acres Capt Prentice 






O 



red oake 



n 2d E 154 rod 



white oake 



[67] Worcester Dec 1 " 20' 1714 By order of the Honour 1 Comitte 
laid out and renewed the bounds of thre Ten acre Lotts to Ger- 
shom Rice which he bought of Paine, & was formerly Duttons 
Lott : bounded South by the land of James Butler East by a high 
way, West by land now in the possession of Gershom Rice & 
James Holmes, nor by undivided land as it is signified in the platt 
(it lyeth Eastward of Gershom Rices house and joyning to oake 
hill) Surveyed by David Haynes 

Stake 



T3 
O 



o 

00 






S 60 rod 

30 acres to 
Gershom Rice 

Paines 



Stake 



t3 
o 

u 



white oake W 60 rod 



Stones 



Worcester march 21' 17 14 By order of y e Hono 1 Comitte laid 
out to Gershom Rice in Worcester a Twenty acre Lott with all the 
right in Comon at Worcester belonging to S d Lott of 20 acres which 
was granted him by the Comitte may 20* 1 714 lying on grass plain 



1714.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



97 



on Bogachoge hill near the Southerly line of Worcester bounded 
every way by coraon or undivided land as it is Signified in the 
platt Surveyed $ David Haynes 



Stake stones 




otalve £ 
Stones 



blk oake 



[68] Worcester march 22 d 17 14 By order of the Honour 1 Com- 
itte laid out to James Rice a Thirty acre Lott at Worcester, lying 
on both sides mill brook South westerly of obediah Wards lott 
bounded Easterly by comon land & by a high way : westerly by 
land laid out to John Hubbart & comon land, every way else by 
comon land it was granted him by the Comitte with all rights 
in comon belonging to S d 30 acres in may 1714 as it is Signified 
in the plat Surveyed $ David Haynes 



112 rod 



30 acres James Rice 




maple 



St< "ie« 



s 'alce 



40 acres wt P ine 



PROP REC. 



*3 



98 Records of the Proprietors. [i7 T 4' 

Worcester march 16 1714 By order of the Hon 1 Comitte laid 
out to Benjamin ffletcher a Thirty acre Lott in Worcesf with the 
right in comon in Worcester belonging to 30 acres w ch was granted 
by the Comitte may 20' 17 14 to Thomas Wheler, but now he be- 
ing on Whelers rights & in his rome lying on y ee n* Side Connect, 
rode near burnt coat plain joyning and bounded South by a lott 
laid out to John Barron East by Benjamin Barrens lott, every way 
else by comon as is signified in the plat Surveyed by David Haynes 
Stones E 2d S 120 rod Stake 

30 acres to Benja ffletcher 

in ye room of Wheler 

W 2d n 1 20 rod 



Stake 



[69] Worcester march 16* 1 7 14 By order of the Honour 1 Comitte 
laid out to Benj Barron in the roome & right of Benj" Townsend 
a thirty acre Lott at Worcester with all the right in comon belong- 
ing to S d 30 acres which was granted by y e Comitte may 20 17 14 
to Benj n Townsend lying on the north Side Connect old rode joyn- 
ing to burnt coat plain : joyning west & so bounded by the Lott of 
Benjamin ffletcher & John Barron South by the Lott of Thomas 
Ha™at East & north by comon as signified in the plat Surveyed 

<jp David Haynes 



Stake 



\ 

\ 






E 2d S 64 

~\ Stone 



30 acres to Benja Barron \ p 




on B Townsend \ 






Stake 



Stake . 

W 2d n 64 



1714.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



99 



Worcester Janu T 22' 17 14 By order of the Honour 1 Comitte 
laid out to Josiah Rice sone of Ephraim Rice of Sudbury a Thirty 
acre Lott at Worcester that was granted him by y e Comitte may 
1 7 14 lying on mount Tobscut near to Shrewsberys Lott with all 
right in comon to S d Lott in Worcs and is bounded west by a high 
way, north by land in y e possession of nath 1 moor, every way else 
by undivided land and meadow as it is Signified in the plat Sur- 
veyed by David Haynes 

Chesnut W id S 100 rod black oake 



highway 
50 rod 




30 acres Josiah Rice 
E id 72 rod 


Stones 


30 




U 




oake 




Stake 


black oa 


ke 







[70] Worcester Janu r 28' 1 714 By order of the Honour 1 Comitte 
laid out to Ephraim Rice Jun r a Thirty acre Lott at Worcester 
which was granted him by y e Comitte may 1714 with all the right 
in comon belonging to S d 30 acres : lying at Rices bridge & riming 
cross mill brook : bounded Southerly by halfe way river, northerly 
by a highway, every way else by undivided land as is signified in 
the platt : there is one acre of meadow in this plat more than 30 
acres w ch is undivided meadow belonging to Worcester 

Surveyed %J David Haynes 



wt onkf* 






1/-) 



Black oake 



**/£ 



■*» 



in- 



*r 



30 acres Eph Rj ce 
1 acre meadow 



\V15dS 69 rod 



00 



V. 



rr 



Stake 



IOO 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1714. 



Worcester nov r 5' 1714 By order of the Comitte for Worcester 
laid out to Ephraim Rice Thirty acres of land for a house Lott : 
granted him p S d Comitte on may last bounded Easterly partly by 
undivided land partly by a highway every way else by undivided 
land lyeth on y e n l w l Side of the great oake hill S' W l from Jonas 
Rices house (also all right in comon to a Thirty acre Lott) as is 
Signified in y e plat Surveyed $ David Haynes 



a* e 



& 



s ^> 9 




wichope tree 



[71] Worcester march 21' 1714 By order of y e Hon 1 Comitte 
laid out to nath" moor a Thirty acre Lott granted by the Comitte 
in may 1714 lying on & joyning to Bogachge hill and is bounded 
every way by undivided land, with all rights in comon to land & 
meadow in Worcester not divided belonging to S d 30 acres as Sig- 
nified in the plat Surveyed $ D Haynes 

white oake S W 26d W 120 rod heap Stones marked N M 

N M 




white oake N M 



N E 26d E 120 rod 



white oake N M 



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Worcester, Massachusetts. 



101 



Worcester may 20' 1 716 By order of the Hono 1 Comitte laid 
out a School Lott of Twenty acres in Worcester near the middle 
of the Inhabitants on both sides mill brook begining at a white 
oake tree riming E 2o d S Eighty Rod to a pine marked on y e E l 
Side mill brook forty Rod Square angle to a Grey oake, so bound- 
ed northerly by y ee ministerial meadow to a white oake marked near 
y e Side of the meadow, thence a square angle six rod to a White 
oake northerly thence at y ee n W corner a white oake tree as it is 
signified in y e plat (a highway thro y e S W corner/ S d land) 

Surveyed '$ D Haynes 



pine 


ft 


E 2od S 80 Rod 


Ig 


white oak 


TD 










O 




20 acres School Lott 




\ 
\ w 













c 


















\ ^fi white oake 






minis 


terial meadow 







[72] Worcester march 1 714 By order of the Honol Comitte layd 
out a forty acre Lott for the minister at Worcester with all the 
right in comon belonging to S d Lott of 40 acres w ch was granted 
by the Comitte may 20 1714 lying on both sides mill brook on y e 
South side Capt Wings homestead, now in y e possession of m" 
Sarah Tomlin : bounded west by land in possession of Collr Win- 
throp, South by a Lott laid out to Deacon John Haywood, East 
by comon land, a highway runing thro part of this land as it is 
Signified in the plat Surveyed $ David Haines 



102 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1714. 



M iJSLi-^l HEAP S10NS 




,«B"- a 




-8%j 



RED SAKE 



OAKE THE 



also laid out to y ee S d minister four acres of meadow on millbrook 
bounded northerly by m r John Elliotts, Southerly by the ministe- 
rial meadow, every way else by comon upland and markt trees as 
signified in y e above plat : also four acres of ministerial meadow 
bounded northerly by y e ministers meadow, S by land laid out for 
the School, every other way by comon upland & markt trees as 
Signified in the plat Surveyed "§ David Haynes 



The Lott following fol 73 was laid out for Coll r adam Winthrop 
but Exchanged by him p order of Comitte for y e same quan' of 
land adjoyning to his Comitte Lott Dec r 30 17 15 when the Lott 
was appropriated to the ministry by order of the S d Comitte as in 
the booke of their Entries fol 1 2 may be seen. 



[73] Worcester novem r 6 1714 By order of y e Comitte I have 
renewed the bounds and markes of Coll r Winthrops four Ten 
acre Lotts & added thre acres more to it out of part of the Cita- 
dell he joyns on bounded north by land formerly Cap' Wings, west 
by land of m™ Bridget Usher, East by y e ministers South by un- 
divided land as Surveyed *$ David Haines 



1714-] Worcester, Massachusetts. 

Red oake 



'^^^^Rocf^ -— -_ black birch 



IO3 



43 ^ ^d la id 



mt °^Ur Wim 



macl e over 



to tb ? Hdbfat 



rop 



og 




Worcester Sepf io f 171 7 By order of the Comitte persuant to 
a grant layd out to Coll r Stephen minett a Twenty acre Lott & fifty 
acres for a Second division, lying on the north Side of Connect. 
Rode in Worcester, bounded S l by S d Rode, noriherly by a high 
way, westerly by land in the possession of Thomas Haggatt, East- 
erly partly by land in posses" of Ephraim Curtis & Comon granted 
to him & his heirs & assigns for ever as Signified $ D Haynes 
Surv r 

also 8 acres of his 3 d division by [ ] cross y e Cor 




HICH WAY COIMI 1TE 



LAND 



[74] Worcester nov r 2 2 d 1717 By order of y 6 Hon 1 Comitte & 
persuant to a Grant, laid out to m r W ,n Payne a Twenty acre house 
lott & fivety acres a 2 d division lying on the north side of Connect 
Rode in Worcester, bounded Southerly by S d Country Rode East- 



io4 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1718. 



erly by Worcester line, Westerly by comon land, and northerly by 
a highway, this land was granted to him & his heirs & assigns 
for ever by y e Comitte as it is Signified in y e plat Surveyed by 

David Haynes 
also 8 acres on y e West Side towards his 3 d division by order of 
y e Sub Com' 




Comitte highway 



Worcester nov r 18' 1718 By order of y e Comitte & persuant to 
a grant laid out to y ee Rev d m r Benj a Allin on y e right of S 1 Leonard 
a forty acre house Lott & 100 acres 2 d division joyning together 
in Worcester bounded West by land of nath 1 Jones & Jonathan 
moor north by land in posses" of S d Jones touching y e S' E' Corner 
of y e Town every way else by comon as p y ee plat Surveyed 1? D 

Haynes 

Stones Jones land Stones 



o 

CS 



o 

On 






n et 17c! e 104 Rod 

Benja alien on ye right of 

Saml Leonard Stones 

40 acres house Lott 
100 acres 2d division 



Comon land 
n e I7d et 105 rod 



pine 

1 *t- 



1* 
ft 



p<u6zi a\ pZi ays 



c 
o 

■J. 



z 



o 
1^ 



S W 17a W 88 rod wt Oake 
Comon land 



Stones 



1718.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 105 

[75] Worcester 061. 17' 17 18 persuant to a Grant of y e Comitte 
and at the request of m r Daniel Henchman laid out to the heirs of 
Cap' Daniel Henchman deceased, four hundred & thirteen acres 

of land in Worcester for 2 d division Two hundred Seventy nine 

acres westward of prospect hill on boath sides the new rode, bound- 
ed Easterly on land laid out to m r Thomas Palmer of Boston, 
Westerly on land laid out to m r nath 1 moor & John Sternes both 
of Worcesf northerly upon land laid out to the right of Dig r Ser- 
geant and Thomas Brown : Southerly by the ministers second di- 
vision : also one hundred & four acres of land in S d Worcester 

on the East side of mill brook joyning to S d Henchmans house Lott 
on the East and South Side of it bounded Westerly & northerly by 
S d homesteed, every other way upon comon land (except one cor- 
ner bounded upon the land of Isaac Wheler also (Thirty acres 

& a halfe acre more in & joyning to the Breeches in Worcester on 
the north Side of Rutland rode, bounded Easterly by Worcester 
Town line, every way else by comon Eleven acres of the Sd thirty 
acres being meadow & laid out as meadow to Sd Henchmans 
Heirs — ) Thirty eight acres \ of Sd land is allowance for high ways 
meadow and pond in Sd land & what land is taken up for m T 
Palmers mill pond one acre in thirty being allowance to make up 
measure for Sd quan'. The Thre hundred Seventy five acres be- 
ing in full of his second division without Sd allowance being grant- 
ed & laid out to Sd Henchmans Heirs & assigns for ever as is 
signified in the platts on y e other side Surveyed by David Haynes 



PROP. REC. j. 



io6 Records of the Proprietors. 



[1718. 



puT?i s.oppAV $ uoijno -lauipjj 



STONES+ WHITE O'AKE 
OH 



uuoa fiZZ ^3 r>9l iW 



STONES OH 



CHESTNUlVL LADE V P °*° 



Henchmans 2d division of 
279 acres 6 acres of it 
allowed for the rode thro it 




S I8 d W T 279 ROOD 



QOU 092 s pa I i3 



STONES DM 



WIO' N r 200 ROD 



HENCHMANS HOMESTEAD 
150 ACHES 



STONES 



DH 



STONES DH 



E+ II N BO 



BLACK CAKE L_ 



BREECHES 

30 ACHES 
MEADOW U 
LAND 



STONES DH 




WHITE OAKE 



STOVES 
DH 



STONES OH 




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Worcester, Massachusetts. 



107 



[77] Worcester Sepf 12* 1 71 7 By order of y° Comitte & persu- 
ant to a Grant made to nath 1 Jones by S cl Comitte for building a 
Grist-mill in Worcester & to maintain the Same in Good repair 
twelve years for the Towns use : laid out to S a Jones a thirty acre 
Lott in S' 1 Town on y e South side halfe way river, & on y ee East of 
Bocachoge hill with right to meadow & after division, provided he 
comply with his grant & pay taxes as other house Lotts do & not 
otherwise bounded West by land in posses" of Palmer & Oulton, 
every way else by comon land as Signified in y L ' platt Surveyed by 

David Haynes 



St 



ones N I 



l? d S 60 rod 




Ston 



es N x 



Stones N I 



Worcester Dec r 5' 1 7 18 persuant to a grant of y e H Comitte 
for a 2 d division in Worcester I have laid out to nathan 1 Jones sev- 
enty five acres of land on y e Westerly side of Bogachoge hill & 
joyning to grass plain for a 2 d division for his mill Lott : bounded 
Southerly by the Town line, Easterly by y e land in possession of 
Gershom Rice in part comon, bound northerly & Westerly by un- 



divided land as Signified in y e platt 
Stones N I 



3 



00 



I o 
to 



n E 13d E 115 rod 

nt Jones 2d division 
75 acres wt allowance 
of I in 30 acres 



$ David Haynes 
IStone; -V I 



la- 



mill Lott 



Stones N '_sw i9d wt30 _ 



Stones N 



io8 



Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 7 1 8. 



[78] Worcester novem r i8 l 17 18 by order of y e Hon d Comitte 
& persuant to a grant, laid out to the Heirs of mr Peter Golding 
upon the right of Thomas Hall for ever 125 acres of land in Wor- 
cester w th allowance of 1 in 30 [ ] : lying westward of north 
pond, on y e n' side of y e new rode joyning to land laid out to 
John Sternes & So bounded S l by S d Sternes ; Easterly by land laid 
out to y e heirs of Cap' Henchman and to Benj 8 fflagg, every 
way else by comon land, being for a 2 d division 

Surveyed $ D Haynes 

Stones D I W i8d n 160 rod Stones P G 





ITi 




T3 


T3 
C 
0! 


00 

a- 


Peter Goldings heirs 125 acres 



u 

ON 




3 




£2 Comon land 


B 


m 


for 2d division 1 in 30 allowed 


W 


V 


VO 




-o 


*-> 
LP. 


c 




CO 




c 




c 




P G 


E i8d S 160 rod 




Stones 


fflaggs land Stones P G 






Henchmans land 



Worcester nov r 26 17 18 By order of the Hon r Comitte & per- 
suant to a grant, laid out to Isaac Wheler his heirs & assigns for 
ever fivety five acres (without allowance) part of his 2 d division in 
Worcester in 2 parts viz Eighteen acres 46 Rod on y e South of 
his house bounded every way else by a highway & marks as Signi- 
fied also Thirty four acres 120 Rod on y e n l & n l Easterly Side of 
his house Lott, joyning to mill stone hill near bladder pond, South 
in p l by S d Whelers house & Thomas Bineys house Lott, every way 
else by millstone hill & comon, only touching m r Oltons land at 
y e n west corner as Signified in y e plat Surveyed $ D Haynes 



■7>8.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



109 




ISC WHELERS 
HOUSE LOTT 
+0 ACRES 




3* ACRES 

120 ROD NETT 



3 HUM 



8INEY 56P0D 



[79] Worcester Sepf 8 1718 By order of y H d Comitte & per- 
suant to a grant laid out to James Holden Seventy five acres of 
land in two parcells in Worcester viz : fivcty four acres joyning 
to his house Lott Southerly and so bounded Easterly by land in 
posses" of Elisha Rice : northerly by land of aaron adams, west- 
erly by Eph Rice Ju r also Twenty five & halfe acres on both sides 
beavour brook boun Westerly by land laid put to Elisha Rice, ev- 
ery way else by comon as Signified in the plat Surveyed 

$ D Haynes 



S TONES IH 



BLACK CAKE 




SW 11° W 144 ROOO 



I IO 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1718. 



Worcester nov r 2 d 1718 By order of y e Comitte & persuant to 
y r grant of a 2 d division I have laid out to D Haynes his heirs &c 
for ever, a certain parcel of land in Worcester on y e w l side of 
Beaver brook q l 75 acres w' 1 in 30 allowance, lying at a stake & 
stones marked D H S W n d 164 Rod to stake & stones D H 
thence S E n d S 79 Rod & Stake & Stones D H thence n 4 E n d 
E 164 R thence to the place where it begun 79 Rod : this is in 
full of his 2 d division of land in Worcester, bounded Easterly by 
land of Elisha Rice, every way else by comon as signified in y c 
plat Surveyed ty D : Haynes 

Stones D H SWudW 164 rod Stones D H 



V. 




ft 




p. 


DavTd Haynes 2d division 


CO 




vo 


75 acres \vt 2 1-2 allowance 


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O 

a. 




Stones DH 






Elisha Rices land sould to sd Haynes 



T3 

O 
u 

ON 

s 
c 



Stones D H 



[80] Worcester nov r 21 1 718 By order of y e Comitte & persuant 
to a grant laid out to Ephraim Rice 75 acres of land in thre par- 
cells for a 2 d division viz 39 acres & 80 Rod lying on the n' side 
of his house Lott bounded South by S d Lott westerly by land in 
posses" of James Holden, north by land of Josiah Rice, East 1 by 
Sacatobscot rocks : also 22 acres joyning to y e Easterly end of his 
house Lott bounded S by halfe way river, w' by Sacatobscot Hill, 
Easterly by Woster town line : also 16 acres lying west of beavor 
brook, bounded by land laid out to David Haynes East by land 
laid out to James Holden, every way else by comon Surv d 

$ D Haynes 



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HOLOEMS LAND 



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HOUSE LOT! 



WHITE CAKE 




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Worcester may 28' 171 8 By order of the Comitte & persuant 
to a Grant : laid out to James Taylor his heirs & assigns for ever 
Seventy five acres of land with allowance of 1 in 30 for y e chain & 
a highway being his Second division in Worcester in two parcells 
namely forty six acres joyning on the northerly side of his house 
& bounded west 1 by Eph m Curtice farm, S' west 1 by Thomas Bineys 
land East 1 comon also Thirty five acres lying west d of Quinsicmug 
pond on y° South of y e Country rode & joyning to Sd Curtices farme 
west 1 : so bounded South by comon, every way else by y e Country 
rode & a highway as signified in y c plat Surveyed 

$ D Haynes 



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[81] Worcester nov r 29 1718 By order of y e Comitte & persuant 
to a Grant laid out to Thomas Biney one hundred acres of land 



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in Worcester for a 2d division on y e Southerly Side of mill stone 
hill & so bounded n* by S d hill, Easterly by land of James Taylor, 
Southerly by comon, westerly by his own land and is laid out to 
the right of T Biney his heirs &c for ever on y e right of Thomas 
Boggle as signified in y e plat Surv '$ D Haynes 

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Worcester nov r 27' 1 718 By order of y e Comitte & persuant to 
a Grant laid out to Gershom Rice Sen r his heirs & assigns [for] 
ever fivety acres in Worcester for a 2 d division w lh 1 : in 30 lying 
upon little Bocachoge hill & joyning to grass plain bounded west- 
erly by S d Rices house lott, Southerly by Worcesf town line, East- 
erly by nath 1 moor, n' by David Bigelo as butted & bounded & 
Signified in y e platt Surveyed • $ David Haynes 

Stones 128 rod Stones 



2d division 
50 acres wt 
allowance I in 30 



Gershom Rice 

house lott 

20 acres 



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[82] Worcester 06l r 22" 1 718 By order of y c Hon r Comitte & 
persuant to a grant laid out to Daniel Haywood his heirs & assigns 
for ever one hundred acres of land in Worcester for his 2 (1 division 
\v' 1 in 30 allowance, in two parcells : Six acres \ joyning to his 
house lott, where it now stands, bounded n' by S d house lott, west- 
erly y e Country rode, Easterly by ministerial meadow, South by y e 
Town Comon or training ground, markt D H.- also ninty eight 
acres & 120 Rod, lying in & joyning to partridge bury swamp East 1 
near to halfe way river, bounded every way by comon as Signified 
In y e plan Surveyed • ^ David Haynes 




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Worcester nov r 2 2 d 1 718 By order of y e Hon d Comitte & per- 
suant to a Grant laid out to Benj" fflagg his heirs & assigns for ever 
upon the right of Thomas Brown deceased, Seventy five acres for 
his second division in Worcester with allowance, lying west of north 
pond, joyning Eastly to land laid out to martha Sergeant bounded 
S l by land laid out to the heirs of Cap' Henchman and to y ee heirs 
of m r Golding, westerly by S d Goulding land in part & part by 
comon northerly by comon land as Signified & Surv d 

ff David Haynes 



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[83] Worcester Sep' 27' 17 18 By order of the Hon d Comitte & 
persuant to a grant laid out to nath 1 moor his heirs &: assigns for 
ever Seventy five acres with allowance of 1 in 30 : for a 2 11 division 
in Worcester lying on & joyning to little Bocachoge hill, joyning 
to S d moors house Lott south, west & East so bounded by S d Lott 
Southerly with Worcester town line, westerly by land laid out to 
Gershom Rice, north part by Daniel Bigelo & part by S d moors 



house Lott, as signified in the plat Surveyed 



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Worcester nov r 26 17 18 By order of y e Comitte & persuant to 
a Grant laid out m r John Graye for a 2 d division on the right of 
Thomas Gleson 75 acres (w l 1 in 30 allowance) & for a highway 
6 rod wide 2! acres of Swamp in Worcester lying on both sides y e 



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old Country rode encompasing y e house lott bounded n' by land of 
R d ward & Benj a fflag formerly Browns Lott : by comon & Oulton 
& Waldos lott westerly by S d Oulton &c and Daniel Henchman 
land, Southerly by land of Henchman & millstone hill as Signified 
in y e plat to him & his heirs for ever 



PALMER 8c COMP 
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FFLACS LAND 



[84] Worcester Oa r 3 d 17 18 By order of the Hon r Comitte & 
persuant to a grant laid out to Lt Jonas Rice his Heirs & assigns 
for ever Eighty thre acres & one hundred twenty five Rods of land 
for a 2 d division in Worcester in thre parcells viz — fifty seven acres 
& forty five Rod lying northerly of north pond hill bounded South- 
erly by land of Ephraim Rice Jun r northerly by land of aaron adams 
every way else by comon — Eighteen acres & one hundred & ten 
rod on oake hill bounded Easterly *Jonas Rice & James Rice house 
lott, northerly by land laid out to Jame Rice, Westerly & Southerly 
by highway — Seven acres of land one hundred & thirty rod lying 
on the South side of the highway on oake hill bounded westerly 
[by] land in the possession of Josiah Rice northerly by the 
Rode, Easterly by land in possession of martha Sergeant, Souther- 
ly by Comon land as Signified in the plan — These parcells of land 
were laid out to Jonas Rice upon the right of atherton in part of 
his 2 d division to both his house lotts & there remain due Seventy 
one acres to boath divisions Surveyed $ David Haynes 



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[1718. 




SIN2-S55 
RICES LAND 



STONES 



[85] Worcester 06lob r 27* 17 18 By order of y e Hon d Comitte 
and persuant to a grant laid out for a 2 d division to the first or- 
dained minister in Worcester One hundred acres of land joyning 
to the Western side of prospect hill and meadow so bounded south- 
erly & Easterly in part, northerly by land in the possession of mr 
Henchmans heirs, every way else by comon and prospect meadow 
Lotts as signified in the plat Surveyed David Haynes 




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117 



Worcester 0£tob r 23 d 17 18 By order of y e Comitte &: persuant 
to Grant, laid out to martha Sergeant on y e right of Digory Ser- 
geant to her & her heirs for ever one hundred & fifty acres for a 
2 d division in Worcester with 1 in 30 allowance, lying westerly & 
n' westerly of north pond bounded Southerly by land laid out to 
y e heirs of Capt Henchman, westerly partly by land laid out to 
Benj a fflag on y e right of Th° Brown, Et by land of Thomas Pal- 
mer &c, every way else by comon n' pond brook runing thro the 
north East corner of it as signified in y e plat $ D Haynes 

Comon Land Palmer &c land 



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[86] Worcester Sept r 18 17 18 By order of y e Hon d Comitte & 
persuant to a Grant, laid out to aaron adams Seventy five acres of 
land in Worcester in two parcells viz — ffifty one acres & forty five 
Rod joyning to his house lott bounded northerly in part by sd Lott 
& by land laid out to James Rice & mill brook : Southerly by a 
highway & land in y e possession of Peter King : westerly by land 
in the possession of Ephraim Rice Jun r : Southerly in the posses- 
sion of James Holden Easterly by a highway as Signified in the 

plat Twenty six acres thirty five Rod lying northerly of north 

pond hill in Worcester bounded Southerly by land laid out to Lt 
Jonas Rice upon the right of atherton, bounded every way else by 
comon land, as it is signified in the plat Survey d 

'i ' David Haynes 



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[87] Worcester may 26' 1 718 By order of y e hon d Comitte and per- 
suant to a grant, laid out to moses Leonard Seventy five acres of 
land in Worcester with alowance two parcells for his Second di- 
vision being Sixty two acres joyning to his house Lott Easterly 
Westerly & Southerly and so bounded northerly Westerly & East- 
erly by S d house, & Southly by land in the possession of y e heirs of 
Eneas Salter, every way else by comon land — also Seventeen acres 
lying on north brook on the South Side of the Country rode with 
four acres of meadow and swamp wholly encompased with S d land 
which is twenty one acres bounded every way with comon & markt 
trees M Las butted & bounded here is contained within these 
two platts Eighty thre acres four acres of it allowed for meadow, 
2?, for y e chain, 2. 2 acres allowance for highway running thro S d home 
division as Signified in y c plat Surveyed ^ David Haynes 



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119 



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[88] Worcester Sept' 19 1 718 By order of y e Hond Comitte & 
persuant to a grant, laid out to Ephraim Rice Jun r Seventy five 
1-2 acres ofland in tlire parcells in Worcester for his 2d division 
— Thirty one acres 10 Rod joyning Easterly to his house lott & 
so bounded westerly by sd Lott, Southerly by land laid out to 
James Holden, north Easterly by land laid out to aron adams 
northerly by a high way as signified in the platt — Twenty six acres 
at y e westerly end of his house Lott so bounded Easterly by sd 
Lott, Southerly by halfe way river westerly by land in posses" of 
Eliott & Smith, northerly & p l East by land in possession of Peter 
King — Twenty acres 1-2 on the northerly side of north pond hill 
bounded northerly by land laid out to V Jonas Rice upon the 
right of atherton, every way else by comon land here is 75 1-2 



acres with 2 1-2 allowance as surveyed 



ty David Haynes 



120 



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[1718. 




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[89] Worcester nov r 18' 1718 By order of y e Hon d Comitte & 
persuant to a Grant, laid out to John Sternes upon the Right of 
Ephraim Curtice to him his heirs & assigns for ever in Worcester, 
one hundred twenty five acres viz : 

one hundred twenty thre acres on y e n l westerly side of prospect 
hill on both sides the new Rode, bounded Esterly by land laid out 
to the Heirs of Cap' Henchman, Southerly by land laid out to 
nath 1 moor, northerly by land laid out to the heirs of m r Golding, 
westerly by common These 122 acres are part of his Second di- 
vision w l allowance of 1 in 30 & allowance for a new rode riming 
thro it 6 rod wide, as it is butted & bounded and Signified in the 
platt Surveyed $ David Haynes 



1718.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 

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[90] Worcester 0£lb r i l 1718 By order of the Honoured Com- 
itte and persuant to a Grant, laid out to Daniel Bigelo one hun- 
dred acres of land Tor a secund division in Worcester lying on little 
Bocachoge & joyning to grass plain on both sides of ffrench river 
upon the right of Dan 1 Livemore bounded South Westerly by S d 
Livemores house Lott, nort 1 in part by meadow Lotts in y e pos- 
session of aaron adams Peter King & L' Jonas Rice and part 
comon Southerly by lands in the possession of Gershom Rice & 
nath 1 moor Easterly by comon land, butted & bounded as it is 
Signified in the platt, being 100 acres w' allowance of 1 in 30 and 
allowance for a high way of four rod wide runing thro S d land in 
some convenient place as Surveyed $ David Haynes 



1KOP. RKC. 



16 



122 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1718. 




COMON 



STOK'TE 08 



h 1 C3MON LAND 



STONFS 



[91] Worcester 0& r 2 d 1718 By order of y c Hon d Comitte & 
persuant to a Grant, laid out to James Rice his heirs & assigns for 
ever Seventy five acres of land upon the right of Ripley with al- 
lowance of 1 in 30 in Worcester, on the west side of oake hill, 
joyning Westerly upon S d Ripleys house Lott so bounded East 1 in 
part by S d Lott, northerly by land in the possession of S d James 
Rice (formerly Wards house Lott) & S d Rices house Lott West- 
erly by land laid out to James Rice Southerly by aaron adams 
house Lott & land laid out to L' Jonas Rice Easterly by land laid 

out to Gershom Rice, butted & bounded as in the plat 

also Seventeen \ acres within these lines on the Westerly end of 
his S d Lott, bounded Easterly by S d land northerly and Westerly 
by mill brook, Southerly by land of a adams Easterly by land of 
James Rice, laid out to him & his heirs for ever as part of his 2 d 
division w* out allowance as is signified in the plat 



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123 



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75 ncres with allowance to 
Tames Rice for Ripley al- 
lowance highway 4 ViH \ W j, 





[92] Worcester nov r 2 2 d 1718 By order of the Honoured Com- 
itte and persuant to a Grant, laid out to James Knop Seventy five 
acres of land for a Second division in Worcester with thre acres of 
allowance for a highway runing thro S d land of four rods wide 
This land lyes on the north side of his house Lott and East side 
of mill brook, bounded Southerly by S d house Lott, westerly by 
Coll r Winthrops Lott northerly by comon land, westerly partly by 
comon land & partly by S d knops meadow as it is signified in the 
platt (and confirmed to him on Condition of his paying Thre 
pounds to the Town as/ his agreement) Surveyed 

ty David Haynes 







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124 Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 7 1 8. 

[93] Worcester 061 io' 1718 persuant to a Grant for a second 
division in Worcester by the Honor d Comitte laid out to Thomas 
Palmer Esq r . mesrs John Oulton & Cornelius Waldo nine hundred 
acres of land in Six parcells as signified in the following platts 
namely 

— ffour hundred & fivety acres upon the right of Cap 4 John 
Wing, with allowance for north pond, & for a new Road runing 
thro it, & 1 acre in thirty for swag of the chain in full of his 2 d di- 
vision 

— One hundred & fivety five acres laid out to them upon the 
right of Daniel Turell in S d Worcester joyning to S d Turells House 
, Lott bounded Easterly by land in possession of m r John Gray, 
Southerly by land in possession of m r Henchmans hiers, northerly 
by land in possession of Henry Lee in part & part comon westerly 
by land laid out on the right of S 1 Daniel as it is signified in the 
platt, this hundred & fivety acres w' one acre in thirty allowance 

(w ch is 5 acres) is in full of his 2 d division on Turells right 

• — One hundred acres laid out to them on the right of 
Cowell on Bocachoge hill, bounded northerly on land in posses- 
sion of mesrs Eliott & Smith — westerly by the lands of nathanael 
moor & comon land, Southerly by the Town line, Easterly bound- 
ed by land in possession of nath 1 Jones as it is Signified in the 
platt Surveyed '$ David Haines Sur r 



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125 



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CAP > JOHN KVINCS Z" DIVISION 
OF MO ACRESIIN FlUL 



JOHN WINCS 10 ACRE L0TT5 




In this plat of Wings & Turells Land 
is contained seventy acres on accott 
of Samuel Daniels 2d division in 3 
parcells 



A SCALE OF ROODS FOR THIS PLAN 100 RUOS TO AN INCH 



2SU 



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1 2 6 Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 7 1 8. 

[95] Worcester nov r 12 1718 Persuant to a Grant for a 2 d divi- 
sion laid out to mess r Thomas Palmer John Oulton & Cornelius 
Waldo on the right of Isaac Tomlin, one hundred and thre acres 
& a halfe acre of land in Worcester near the Great meadow with 
thre and a halfe allowance for swag of Chain, bounded westerly by 
land in the possession of nath 1 moor, northerly partly by land of 
the above thre named persons, every way else by comon land this 
is in full of a second division on Isaac Tomlins right as it is signi- 
fied in the platt Surveyed *<§ David Haynes 

Worcester novemb r 13' 1 7 1 8 persuant to a Grant for a second 
division laid out to messrs Thomas Palmer John Oulton & Corne- 
lius Waldo on the right of Samuel Daniel ninety one and a halfe 
acres of land, with thre acres allowance for swag of Chain being 
four parcells as signified in the platt 

This is in part of Samuel Daniels second division & there yet 
remains to the same second division of Daniel forty and a halfe 
acres of land yet to be laid out to make his 2 d division full viz : 

50 acres joyning on the Easterly side of mill brook & so bound- 
ed by S d brook, bounded northerly by the new rode every way else 
by land laid out to Turells 2 d division 

— 28 acres in two parcells joyning to the Easterly side of Turells 
house lott, bounded East by the land of m r Gray Southerly by m r 
Henchmans land, and also 

— 13 acres and a halfe joyning to Tomlins 2 d division as it is 
Signified in the platt of S d Tomlins division 



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Tomlin 2d division 103 1-2 acres 


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1716.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 1 2 7 

laid out to Samuel Daniels 2 d division 

50 acres on y e Westerly side of Thurells Division 

28 acres in 2 parcells on y e Easterly side Turells 

1 $2 acres with Tomlins 2' 1 division as above 



40! acres yet to be laid out to his 2 d division 

[96] Worcester OcT 2 2 d 1716 Granted & laid out the proprie- 
tors here named, in prospect meadow for a first division of mead- 
ow in Worcester as it fell to them by Lott drawn, and divided — 
begining at the northerly end of the meadow 

I to Richard Ward 4 acres meadow & Swamp runing S W 13 d W 

to Collr Ting on y e right of Hezak a Usher 5 acres w' Swamp 

to Sam 1 Daniel on y e right of Turell 5 I acres w 1 Swamp 

John Hubbard 3 \ acres of meadow & Swamp 

Brid' Usher 4 \ acres of meadow & Swamp 

Palmer &c 6 acres w' Swamp on y e right of Turel 

Obed" Ward Sen"" 31-2 acres meadow & Swamp 

ditto 31-2 acres meadow & Swamp 

Gershom Rice 41-2 acres (w l 1 1-2 allowance for what he 
wanted in pine meadow) w' Swamp 

to Obed 11 Ward 41-2 acres w' Swamp on y e right of L d Hore 

all these lotts of meadow & Swamp granted & laid out to the 
above proprietors their heirs & assigns for ever, bound d by upland 
be it more or less as signified in the plan 

Surveyed ^ D Haynes 

Worcester 0£l r 24' 1716 Granted & laid out to the proprietors 
here named for a first division of Swamp and meadow in Worces- 
ter as it fell by Lott drawn and divided on mill brook meadow 

1 to Palmer Oulton & Waldo 1 acre wanting in Goldings right 
Swamp & meadow begining at the lower end 

2 to ditto 5 acres on y e right of Gap' Wing Swamp & 

meadow which was wanting in pine meadow 

3 to Thomas Gleason — 2 acres meadow with 2 acres to house 

Lott 



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[1716. 



all these Lotts of meadow & Swamp were granted & laid out to 
them & theirs and assigns for ever be it more or less, as butted 
bounded Signified in the platt Surveyed $ David Haynes 




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129 



[97] Worcester OcY 18 h 1716 Granted & laid to the pro- 
prietors after mentioned for first division of meadow in Worcester 
lying on both sides ffrench river as it was divided by Lott, begin- 
ing at the northerly end of the meadow tree markt on each side 
the river I R 

Lott 1 -To Jonas Rice upon the right of atherton 6 acres of 
meadow & Swamp one acre allowance for Swamp 
2-to aron adams — 3 acres of meadow f, acre allowance 
3-to Dan 1 Bigelo — 4 acres on Livermors right one al- 
lowance 
4-to Palmer & Comp a — 4 acres of good meadow on 

Cowells right 
5 -to Gershom Rice — 2 acres 100 rod allowance for 

Swamp 
6-to nath 1 moor 4I acres of meadow & Swamp — 
7-to James Holden 4?, acres of meadow & Swamp — 
8-to Eph m Rice Jun r 3 acres meadow & 1 acre encom- 
pased w' his house Lott these four acres are his first 
division of meadow 
9-Elisha Rice — 4! acres of meadow & Swamp — 
all these parcells of meadow and Swamp are granted and laid 
out to the above proprietors their heirs & assigns for ever as Sig- 
nified in the plan Surveyed $ David Haynes 




COMON UPLAND 



This Lott is joyned to aaron adams 2d Lott 
on the other side but separated for want of 
space 



PROP. REC. 



17 



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[1716. 




THOMAS jf BICE 
FIRST 1/ LOTT ON 

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[98] Worcester 06t r io l 1 716 Layd out to Eliott & John Smith 
upon the right of maj r Daniel Gookin deceased 18 acres of mead- 
ow in Worcester in two parcells viz : 

Six acres on mill brook bounded northerly by meadow in the 
possession of Daniel Haywood, Southerly by the ministers meadow 
Easterly & Westerly by upland and markes 

Twelve acres of meadow on halfe way river, bounded north and 
Southerly by markt trees, Easterly & Westerly by comon upland 
and markt trees as Signified in the platt Surveyed to him & his 
heirs for ever ff David Haynes 



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Worcester Oa r 10 1716 laid out to Cap 1 Thomas Prentice 
upon the right of Thomas Prentice deceased five acres of meadow 
with one acre allowance for swamp in Worces' first division of 
meadow to 5 10 acre lotts lying on the Westerly side of halfe way 
River, and bounded Easterly by S d River northerly by comon up- 
land & markt trees (to him & his heirs for ever) as Signified in y e 
plat Surveyed ^ D Haynes 




132 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1716. 



[99] Worcester 06F 15 1716 Granted & laid out to Coll' Win- 
throp four acres of meadow with one acre allowance for bad mead- 
ow upon the right of m r adam Winthrop deceased for S d division 
of meadow in Worcester lying near Suger pond on both sides 
Weasle brook n l Easterly of north pond, bounded n l by two trees 
on each side y e brook marked A W, South with two necks of land 
coming near together & trees marked A W Easterly & Westerly 
by comon land & trees marked A W laid out to him his heirs & 
assigns for ever & Signified in the platt Surveyed $ D Haynes 




COMON UPLAND 



Worcester OcV 17* 17 16 Laid out to Benjamin Barron upon 
the right of Wheler Thre acres of meadow with one acre allowance 
for Swamp and bad meadow for a first division on the East Side 
ofmillbrook and bounded Westerly by S d brook northerly and 
Southerly by marked trees and comon land, upland as the trees 
are now marked and Signified in the plan laid out to him & his 
heirs and assigns for ever Surveyed $ D Haynes 




CSUON UPLANI^ b; 3AHRON C0NBS1 HHAN 
3 ACHES 



COWUU UPLAND 



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nz 



[ioo] Worcester 0£t r 17"' 1 716 Granted & laid out in the 
Great- meadow of Worcester to Several persons after named for a 
lirst divis" of meadow in Worcester : the first lott upon y c dividing 
line at the west End as it fell by Lott was 

Lott 1 -to Josiah Rite bounded north by land laid out to Eph m 
Rice Sen r — 3 acres of meadow 
2-to Ephraim Rice S r 3 acres of meadow — 
3-to the heirs of Digory Sergeant 6 acres — 
4-to nath 1 moor 4 acres bounded S l by the town line 

all these Lotts are bounded East 1 by y e dividing line S 2 2 d E 

Then we began to lay out upon the East side of y e dividing line 

by Lott as it fell and the Lotts fell 

Lott 1 -to L' Jonas Rice 4 acres bound n' by comon Swamp & 
markt trees 

2-T0 Jacob Leonard 4', acres allowance — 
3-T0 Tho 8 Palmer cS:c 4 acres on the right of Tomlin bound 
Southerly by the town line, all these Lotts are bounded 
E' by comon upland markt trees & Stones & the West 
side Lotts are bounded by comon upland markt trees & 
stones 
4-T0 Henchmans heirs 5 acres of meadow — 

all these Lotts are laid out & granted to the proprietors their 
heirs & assigns for ever as Surveyed f? David Haynes 




Great meadow Lotts 



ye other 10 acres belonging 
to Henchmans heirs, lies in 
ye Breeches of his 2d division 



134 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1716. 



[101] Worcester Ocl r i8 l 1716 Granted & laid out to the pro- 
prietors after named in Worcester in pine meadow for a first di- 
vision of meadow as it fell by Lott drawn, begining at the Easterly 
end of y e meadow 

Lott 1 -To Isaac Wheler 4 acres meadow bounded E by Wheler 
land 

2-T0 Josiah Haywood 3 acres of meadow 

3-T0 James Butlers heirs 4 acres of meadow 

4-T0 Eneas Salters 4 acres of meadow 



5-T0 Palmer & Comp a 13 acres of meadow on y e right of 

Wing t 
6-T0 ditto 5 acres of meadow on y e right of Golding 



7-T0 James Taylor 3 acres meadow & an allowance for 

bad— 
8-T0 Gershom Rice 2 acres meadow on y e right of Paine 

all the division lines run N 26 d W begining at Wheelers Lott 
and so down to the end, laid out and granted to them their heirs 
& assigns for ever, as signified in the plan Surveyed 

P David Haynes 



Pine meadow Lotts 




1 7 1 6.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 135 

[102] Worcester OcT iS' 1716 Granted & laid out to James 
Rice upon the right of Ripley Thre acres & a halfe of meadow 
with one acre allowance for swamp, for his first division lying on 
both sides ffrench river, bounded South'" & north r by markt trees, 
Easterly & Westerly by comon upland & trees as they are now 
markt butted & bounded as Signified 

— also granted & laid out to James Rice four & a halfe acres of 
meadow & Swamp for his first division of meadow lying on both 
sides ffrench river in Worcester, bounded Easterly & Westerly by 
Comon upland, northerly & East r by markt trees : both these Lotts 
were laid out to James Rice his heirs & assigns for ever as Signi- 
fied in y e plan ^ David Haynes 



Worcester Oa r 18' 1716 Granted & laid out to Henry Lee 
Six acres of Swamp lying on mill brook on the north side of the 
new Rode for his first division of meadow in Worcester, bounded 
every way by Comon : this land was laid out to him his heirs & 
assigns for ever as it is butted bounded & Signified in the plan 
Surveyed 1P David Haines 



136 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1716. 



ALNUT TREE. 



JAMES 
MEADOW 




K ROD' 




BLACK OAKE 



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*37 



[103] Worcester Nov r 3 d 1716 Granted cS: laid out to the pro- 
prietors after named for a first division of meadow in Worcester 
lying on' both sides Eeavour brook & Turkey meadow by Lott 
drawn lying at the northerly end of y e meadow & Swamp 

Lot 1 -To Ephraim Curtice 5 J acres of meadow and Swamp 

the trees being marked on y e uper end of y e meadow 

E C 

2-T0 Jacob Holmes — 5 acres meadow & Swamp w ,h is 
very poor then begining near y e uper end of Turkey 
meadow this part 

3-T0 Joshua Rice — 4 acres on y e right of Hubbart — 
4-T0 Daniel Haywood ii acres of meadow & Swamp & 
4 acres encompassed wholly with his house Lott w ch 
are for his first division in Worcester all these four 
Lott granted & laid out to them their heirs and assigns 
for ever, more or less as Signified in y e plat Surveyed 

f D Haynes 




133 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1716. 



[104] Worcester Nov r 27 1716 Granted & laid out to Isaa mil- 
ler on the right of Benj" Barron thre & a halfe acres of meadow & 
Swamp for a first division of meadow in Worcester lying *on East 
side of north : pond brook joyning to S d brook and so bounded 

To James miller upon the right of Benjamin Barron thre & halfe 
acres of meadow & Swamp bounded north Easterly by pond brook 
northerly & n* westerly by comon upland & markt trees, confirmed 
to them their heirs & assigns for ever as Signified in the plat Sur- 



vey 



^ D Haynes 



MAPLE 




AMES MILLER 

3*'ACRES OF \cOMONILAND 
MEADOW t/t 



STONtS 



Worcester Dec r 8' 1 7 1 6 laid out to David Haynes thre acres 
of meadow with one acre allowance for Swamp for his first division 
in Worcester lying on the East side of halfe way river bounded 
northerly by S d Haynes house Lott, Easterly by trees markt & 
comon upland crossing S d River at y e Southerly end for conven- 
ience of Setting a mill to a pine tree markt D H firmly granted & 
confirmed to him his heirs & assigns for ever as it is butted 
bounded & set forth in the plan Surveyed *p P : Haynes 




1 A £ &/&>* T 

/ HAYNES 4 ACRLSOF / ^ Pi 



REE MARKED 




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139 



[105] Worcester nov r 27 171 7 Granted & laid out to the pro- 
prietors hereafter named for a first division of meadow and Swamp 
in Worcester to Coll' Stephen minett Thre acres of meadow & 
Swamp near north pond brook lying upon y e Same 2' 1 lott to Wil- 
liam Paine Thre acres & a quarter of meadow and Swamp, these 
two lotts were granted & laid out to them their heirs & assigns for 
ever, as they are buted bounded & Signified in y e platt Surveyed 

*$ D : Haynes 



3"iONtS 



STONES 




Worcester may 29' 171S By order order of the Honourd 
Comitte and persuant to a grant laid out to nath 1 Jones his heirs 
and assigns for ever four & a halfe acres of meadow & Swamp on 
ffrench river for his first division of meadow in Worcester bounded 
Southerly by. the Town line, every way else by comon, this first 
division is to the mill lott & upon the Same condition with his 
house lott, butted bounded & Signified in the platt more or less 
Surveyed $ D : Haynes 



COMov 



140 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1718. 



[106] Worcester april io' 1 719 By order of y e Hon 1 Comitte & 
persuant to a grant I have laid out to Thomas Haggatt forty seven 
acres of land with allowance of one acre in 30 on the South side 
of the Country rode leading from the n' end of the pond to Lei- 
cester, bounded n* by S d road, Easterly partly upon comon & part- 
ly upon Curtis farme, every way else by comon land marked with 
heaps of stones & trees, not infringing on any highway laid out or 
necessary to be laid out also thre acres more on the north side of 
the rode adjoyning to his house Lott, bounded E' on Coir minett 
n' on miller as sett forth in this platt Surveyed $ D Haynes 

Tree 



Haggatt 2d division 



47 acres 



1 



Stone 



\S tones 



Stones \ S22dE 



and 3 acres 



tree 



Worcester may 26' 17 18 By order of y e Hon 1 Comitte for 
Worcester, and persuant to their grant, I have laid out to Thomas 
Biney and to his Heirs and assigns for ever five acres & 93 Rod of 
Swamp and upland in Worcester for his first division of meadow, 
on the west side of Quinsicamond pond, bounded Westerly by a 
Lott formerly Isaac Leonards, every way else by undivided land & 
markt trees & Stones, as Signified in this plan Surved 

^ David Haynes 

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141 



[107] Worcester Sept r 27 1 7 18 By order of the Hon r Comitte 
and persuant to a grant, laid out to nath' Jones (upon the right of 
Isaac Leonard) his heirs & assigns for ever One hundred acres of 
land with allowance for Swag of chain 1 acre in 30 in Worcester 
f jr a Second division in two parcells namely 

— Eighty five acres of land lying on the Southerly side of halfe 
way river & joyning to the mill Lott, and so bounded westerly by 
S d mill Lott, and messr Palmer & land and partly by land in the 
possession of mr Eliott & Smith bounded by halfe way river north- 
erly and Easterly bounded Southerly with Woster Town line, as it 
is Signified in the platt Surveyed f) David Haynes 

also fourteen acres & 90 Rod on both Side ffrench river 

bounded every way by comon & undivided land as it is also Sig- 
nified in the platt Surveyed '$ D Haynes 




142 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1718. 



[108] Worcester nov T 7* 1718 by order of the Hon d Comitte and 
persuant to a grant laid out to Nath 1 moor for a Second division 
in Worcester, one hundred acres in two parcells, viz. 

— Thirty one acres & 40 rod joyning to his house Lott Westerly 
& so bounded northerly by land in the possession of Heirs of 
James Butler Sen 1 ' Westerly by land in the possession of Palmer 
Oulton and Waldo, Southerly and Westerly by the Great meadow 
Lotts, and lands in the possession of Ephraim Rice Sen r — 

Seventy two acres and 108 Rod on the westerly side prospect 

hill joyning to Prospe6t brook & bear Hill, bounded Easterly by 
lands in the possession of the heirs of Capt Daniel Henceman 
northerly by land laid out to John Sternes on y p right of Curtice 
Southerly by land laid out to the minister in part, every way else 
by Comon 

These two parcells of lands laid out on the right of Bull to nath 1 
moor as signified in these platts : there is contained 100 acres for 
2 d division & 3 acres allowance for swag of chain one acre of allow- 
ance for a bridle road from the great meadow Sun d $ D Haynes 




pcu z\ 



ministers land 



Vv ^nrr 

7° acres m~ 
3-1 * '° 2 rod wi 



'1 00 



2 Orod 



3 :*o 



6 9 acres rf;,.: . 



^aiJo Hj 



ance 



-£i**S lao* 



rod 



N 



Sternes lain 



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H3 



[109] Worcester novemb r 19' 1 718 persuant to a Grant by order 
of the Honoured Comitte laid out to the Heirs of Enos Salter 
Seventy Seven and a halfe acr^s of land for a Second division of 
land in Worcester, on the Westerly side of Quinsigemug pond in 
two parcells, viz : 

— ffour acres on the northerly side of S d Salters house bounded 
Southerly by S d house Lott, Westerly by a highway, Easterly by 
land in the possession of moses Leonard, northerly by comon — 

— Seventy thre and a halfe acres of land joyning to the Easterly 
end of S d Salters house Lott, bounded northerly by land in the 
possession of moses Leonard Westerly in part by S d house Lott, 
every way else by Comon land as it is Signified in the plat Sur- 
veyed $ David Haynes 

Stones W 80 rod Stones 



73 acres 80 rod 
Salters 2d 



Comon 



3 
1 00 

VJ 

I O 

a, 



Comon land 



E 80 rod 



Stones 



white oake 




144 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1718. 



[110] Worcester nov r 21 1 718 By order of the Honoured Com- 
itte and persuant to a grant laid out to Capt Thomas Prentice one 
hundred twenty four acres of land, to his heirs & assigns for ever 
for a second division in Worcester, lying on the westerly side of 
halfe way river, on and joyning to Chesnutt hill, on the East side 
and West side & north side of his house Lott hounded Easterly 
partly on the land in possession of macklaland and partly by the 
Country rode, bounded west and north by comon, bounded East 
by the house Lott of David Haynes in part & in part by S d Pren- 
tice meadow and Comon land, as it is Signified in the platt Sur- 
veyed $ David Haynes 

this land was laid out on the right of Capt Thomas Prentice de- 
ceased 



b\* c 




V o^ e 



ack!e '^n^r| 



Pr entices 

meadow 




Haynes l an d 



Capt 
Prei "ic e I contained in / * 



Wo "se Lott' these lines ' £ 
*°-H ^acres' « 



1 in 



W lod S 124 r 




Comon Comon 

Remains to be laid out 26 1-2 acres & one rodd 



1 7 19. J Worcester, Massachusetts. 145 

[111] Worcester may 2 d 17 19 persuant to a grant by order of 
the Honoured Comitte, laid out to Isaac miller his Heirs and as- 
signs for ever, Seventy five acres with two acres allowance for swag 
of chain for a second division of land in Worcester, joyning to his 
House Lott on both sides of millbrook, bounded Southerly partly 
by land laid out to Henry Lee and partly by land in the possession 
of Benjamin fflagg : bounded Westerly partly by land in the pos- 
session of mess r Palmer Oulton and Waldo, northerly partly by 
comon land and partly by land in the possession of S d miller as it 
is Signified in the platt Surveyed "§ David Haynes 

l.ees land 




Comon land 



[112] Worcester June 2 11 1 719 persuant to a grant by order of 
y e Comitte laid out to Richard Ward his Heirs and assigns for ever 
Seventy seven acres & eighty Rod neat for a second division of 
land in Woster, lying on y e South side of the Country rode joyning 
to Curtis land & so bounded Easterly by S d farme northerly partly 
by land in possession of Thomas Haggatt, partly by comon West- 
erly & Southerly by Comon, every way else by his House Lott as 
signified in the platt Surveyed ^ David Havnes 



I'ROr. REC. , () 



146 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1719. 




Worcester July 16 1 719 persuant to a grant by order H d Com- 
itte laid out to Thomas Glesson his heirs & assigns for ever Sev- 
enty five & a halfe acres of land (1 in 30 allowance) for a second 
division of land in Worcester, lying north of north pond hill on 
boath sides the brook riming into the pond, bounded Southerly 
by land in the possission of Thomas Gleason, every way else by 
comon as signified in the platt Surveyed V David Haynes 



Stones 



white oake T G 




Stones 



n 24c! e 206 roil 3-4 



Red ( lake 



[113] Worcester persuant to a grant by order of y' 

Comitte laid out to Joshua Rice his heirs and assigns for ever, 
75 acres (w 4 2), allowance) for his 2 d division of land in Woster 
on boath sides the Country rode joyning to his House Lott near 
meeting house plain, bounded Easterly by an highway West partly 



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147 



by land in possession of John Hubbard, Southly by the Country 
road & comon land, West & partly north by comon every way else 
by his house Lott according to the platt Surveyed $ D Haynes 




w I'ite oake 



Worcester persuant to a grant of y'* Hon 1 Comitte 

laid out to John Hubbard his Heirs & assigns for ever 77J nett 
acres of land in Woster for* a 2 d division of land on y" S l of y e 
Country rode bounded northerly by S d road Easterly by land of 
Joshua Rice, Southerly by comon land and mill brook & 
land & also Easterly, Westerly by land of Peter King as Signified 
in the platt Surveyed ^ David Havnes 



1. 



millhrook ' 



John Hubbard IS 
77 1-2 acres IS) 

1 ** 

a 




148 



Records of the Proprietors. [ i 7 1 9. 



[114] Worcester June i 1 1 7 19 persuant to a Grant by order of 
the Honoued Comitte laid out to Jonathan marable his Heirs and 
assigns for ever Seventy seven & a halfe acres of land for his 
second division in Worcester 

— Sixty acres with two acres allowance on & joyning to a hill 
West of prospect meadow, bounded northerly by land laid out to 
nath 1 moor, Easterly by land laid out to the minister every way 
else by Comon land also 

— ffiveteen acres of land i on the south side & west end of his 
House Lott bounded Southerly & Westerly by land in the posses- 
sion of Benj a fflag Sen r , every way else by his own house Lott and 
Comon land, as Signified in the platt (an highway runing thro S d 
Lott four Rod wide) Surveyed $ David Haynes 




Stones 



J°nt ' 



g 7^d~ 



to, 



n rhl e 



*' *V 



isi 0n 



Stones 



62 acr es l£ 



'Sd 2V 



9 7r od 




Stones 



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149 



[115] Worcester Dec 1 ' io' 1 719 persuant to the order of the 
Hon'' Comitte by vertue of a grant to ni r adarn Winthrop for a 
third division in Worcester 

1 have laid out one hundred and sixty acres of land in Worces- 
ter, on & joyning to Tatnuck-hill, namely : one hundred acres on 
his S d Winthrops right, and Sixty acres on the right of Benjamin 
ffiagg formerly Browns right it is butted and bounded as in the 
platt South by land laid out to m r Stephen minett — every way else 
bv comon land : there is a 4 Rod way runs cross S d Lott as is Sig- 
nified in this platt 

This land lyes on and joyning to the North rode 

$ David Haynes 



S ' nes 


E 244 R<»1 


Stones 


\ 


adam Winthrop Esqr 


\ 


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cA 


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160 acres of land 


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3d division 


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Stones 



[116] Worcester Dec r 11 17 19 By order of y e Hon d Comitte 
and persuant to a grant, I have laid out to Stephen minett one 
hundred acres of land in Worcester on & joyning Tatnuc Hill 
namely fforty two acres on his own right & fivety eight acres on 
the Right of Rich d Ward for a 3 d division, tis butted & bounded 
as Signified in this platt, north by land laid out to Coll r Winthrop 
everv wav else bv comon 



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[1719. 



Stones 



c\ 



244 Rod 



Stones 



if. 



Stones 



\V 244 Rod 



en 



Stones 



Worcester may 2 d 1719 persuant to a grant by order of the 
Hon d Comitte, laid out to the widow Ward her heirs & assigns for 
ever Seventy five acres w th 2?, for swag for a 2 d division of land in 
Worcester near mount ararat bounded Easterly by land in posses- 
sion of Joshua Rice, bound Westerly by land in possession of 
Daniel Haywood, every way else by Comon as Signified in the 
plat Surveyed $ D Haynes 



wood land 




9 


Comon 


hite oake 


W 5d S 112 rod 





Widow Ward 


00 



75 acres 80 rod 


W 


2d division 


® 





D H 



55 

to 



O 



Chesnut 



E 5d N 112 rod Stones 



[117] Worcester Nov r 26 1718 By order of the Hond Comitte 
& persuant to a grant, laid out to Jacob Holmes upon y e right of 
James Holmes one hundred acres of land with allowance of 1 in 
30 for a 2 d division of land in Woster 



I719-J 



Worcester , Massachusetts. 



iq i 



— Sixty eight acres & 40 rod joyning to his house Lott, bound 
Southerly by S d house, Easterly by a meadow of his &: p l comon 
& his way riming thro S d land 4 rod wide, every way else by comon 
as it is butted bounded & Signified in the platt 

— also twelve acres more joyning eastward to S d land & pine 
meadow N l Hill & Snake hill w l & S' by S d Holmes land, N' & E 
by land of Deacon Haywood E l by comon land & land of Isaac 
Wheler in full of his 2 d Division Surveyed $ David Haynes 



Stones 




44 rod 



43 rod~" 



S s 

V 4. 



H 



Stones 



N 2od 1 40 rod 



"\ 



maple 



■?. 



68 acres James Holmes \' lS 
pt of his 2d division 



- S. 



S 20 W 145 rod bl : oake 



Worcester July 16 1 7 19 persuant to a grant of y e Comitte I 
have laid out to Thomas Gleson on y" right of Barnes Seventy five 
acres of land for a 2 d division w' 2', allowance, to the S d Gleson his 
heirs & assigns for ever in Worcester, north of north pond : hill, 
joyning Southerly to land in possession of S d Gleson & so bounded 
every way else by comon land, as Signified in the plat Surveyed 

ip David Haynes 



Stones 



N 24d E 206 Rod 



Stones 




TG 

white oake 



S 24d W 206 rod 
his house Lott 



Stones 



152 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1719. 



[118] Worcester June i' 1 7 19 persuant to a grant of y e Comitte 
laid out to Ephraim Rice Sen r his Heirs & assigns for ever Seventy 
acres with 2\ allowance for swag of chain, for his 2 d division in 
Worcester in two parcells viz : 

— ffivety one acres neat on and joyning to Scatopscut hill bound- 
ed Easterly on the Great meadow lott, northerly partly by land in 
the possession of S d Rice, and partly by [land] in y e possession of 
the Heirs of Diggery Sergeant, every way else except some part 
of the Town line by comon land 

— Twenty Six \ acres is laid out to mr waldos land & returned 
w ch 77 acres 1-2 are in full of his Second division laid out June 
the i' 1 719 as butted bounded and Signified in this platt 

Surveyed by David Haynes 




[119] Worcester mav 2 d 1719 persuant to a grant by order of 
the Honoured Comitte laid out to Joshua Rice his Heirs & assigns 
for ever One hundred acres w' 3 acres allowance for swag, for a 
2 d division of land in Worcester, upon y e right of Bridget Usher, 



JVo. XI. 



RECORDS 



OF 



The Proprietors 



OF 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



EDITED BY 

FRANKLIN P. RICE. 



In Four Parts : 

PART III. 




WORCESTER, MASS. : 
THE WORCESTER SOCIETY OF ANTIQUITY. 

I88l. 

U. S. A., CV. 



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Worcester, Massachusetts. 



*5. 



on the East side of halfe way river joyning to mount araratt ; 
bounded S Easterly by land in possession of David Haynes, N' 
Westerly & n' by comon N' Easterly by land laid out to f widow 
Ward, Easterly by comon as Signified in y c platt Survey d 

■$ D Haynes 




Joshua Rice 

103 ;icrcs 2d division 
II 1-2 — 3d 



pirnr sotiXtttt no po?T SZT M I'll A\ 8 



T. 
M 

M 
00 



Worcester Nov r 20' 1719 laid out to the Rev d m r alien on 
Samuel Leonards right five acres of meadow & Swamp in Worces- 
ter on boath sides of bear brook, bounded north by meadow & 
Swamp in y c possession of Jacob Holmes, bound South by comon 
meadow & Swamp, every way else by comon land & markt trees, 
as signified in the plat surveyed be it more or less 

? D Haynes 




154 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1719. 



[120] Worcester may 23 d 1719 persuant to a grant by order of 
the Hon d Comitte laid out to Henry Lee his heirs and assigns for 
ever, Seventy five acres with 2?, allowance for swag of chain) of 

land in Worcester in two parcells 

— fforty four acres on the N E corner of n' pond on both sides 
of weazle brook, bounded northerly by land laid out to Jon 1 Waldo 
Southerly partly by land in possession of H : knap Westerly partly 
by land in the possession of m r St : miner., Southerly partly by 
meadow of mess r minet & Payne, every way else by comon land 

also 

— Thirty thre & halfe acres joyning to S d Lee's house Lott 
bounded Easterly by a highway, Southerly by John Gray Westerly 
by land laid out to Henry Lee on Browns right and Lees house 
lott, northerly by land of Isaac miller 

— Seventy five acres more on the right of Thomas Brown to 
Henry Lee joyning to S d Lee's land on the N l side new rode 
bounded Easterly by land of S" Lee, Southerly by y e new rode 
Westerly by Palmer Oulton & Waldo, Northerly by Isaac miller 
encompassig 6 acres of Swamp for meadow to S d Lee. this land 
his on boath sides mill brook as signified in the platt 

$ D Haynes 




106 ACRCS40 ROD, 
BESIOESULOWANCE 
.FOR MEAC0W& CHAIN 




MILLERS IAND 



[121] Worcester Nov r n' 1719 persuant to the Grant of f 
Comitte I have laid out on y c right of m r Jonat" Ting Esq r to m r 
Jonathan Waldo his Heirs cS: assigns for ever ninty eight acres of 



1719-] Worcester, Massachusetts. 155 

land in Worcester near north pond on boath sides the brook wezel, 
on & joyning to pond-hill : bounded E' bounded by land of Coll r 
Winthrop, South by land of Henry Lee, West by S l1 Waldo on y e 
right of Isaac Wheler, every way else by comon land 

— also laid out the same day to Jon' Waldo fforty Eight acres \ 
of land on the right of Isaac Wheler at the same place in one plan 
bounded E by land to Jont Waldo on Coll Tings bounded West 
by land laid out on y° right of L' Rice bounded south by land laid 
out to Henry Lee, N' by Comon land 

— also laid out to S' 1 Jonathan Waldo at y e same place S d day 
on y e right of L l Jonas Rice, twenty five acres of land bounded E 
by land laid out on the right of Isaac Wheler South by land of 
Henry Lee, every way else by comon as signified in this platt, 
sould to S' 1 Waldo & laid out to him his Heirs & assigns for ever 

$ D Haynes 




ZH2. RODO 



H 13" W 172 ROU 
ON L T RICES Kir.HT 



lSTONK 



DN ISAAC WHEZLCRS HIGHT 
/^'sdJfASLi BROCK 




STONES STONES TW 



also laid out to Joseph Crosby on Coll r Tings right Six acres & 
80 Rod of land joyning to prospect meadow near Crosbys house 
at y e end of S d meadow, bounded westerly by y e meadow lotts 
every way else by comon land & markes : the 98 acres to Waldo 
& this 6 acres \ is in full of Coll r Tings 2 ri division of six acres 
were laid to S (1 Crosbe his Heirs &c for ever D Haynes 

[122] Worcester June 29' : 1 719 persuant to a grant of y c Com- 
itte I have laid out to Jonathan marble Seventy five acres of land 
in Worcester in two parcells namely 



156 



Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 7 1 9. 



— Sixty two acres on and joyning to prospect hill on the West 
side of prospect meadow, bounded East by land in possession of 
the ministers second division, north by land of nath 1 moor on 
Pains right, every way else by comon & marked trees 

— ffiveteen acres & 80 Rod at & joyning to his house Lott 
bounded South & west by land in possession of Benj a fflagg Sen r 
and comon land, every way else by his S a marbles house lott these 
two parcells of land are laid out & confirmed to him his heirs & 
assigns for ever as signified in the plat Surveyed 

1 ) David Hayncs 



Ei8d 




[123] Worcester april 5' 1719 persuant to a Grant by order of 
the Honoured Comitte, I have laid out to mess r Palmer Oulton & 
Waldo, their Heirs & assigns for ever, fforty four acres of land in 
full of all second divisions of land in Worcester on Capt Wings 
right on the East side of mill-brook on boath sides the house Lott, 
& Eastward formerly m r Peter Golding, joyning to flag or pond 
hill bounded northerly by land in possession of the heirs of 
m r Henchman, westerly with millbrook, Southerly partly with the 
ministers land, every way else by comon land, signified & set for 
in the platt Surveyed ~$ D Haynes 



1720.] 



Worcester, MassacJiusctts. 



157 





Comon 

W iod N 75 rod 


ministers land 
W iod N 217 rod to millbrnnl- 


Ui 



a. 


21 acres of 3d 
division on 
Wings right 

75 rod 




44 acres \vt allowance 2d divn 
here is 16 acres on Goldings right 

it 1 • ,-, 1 1 ■ * — 



mr Ilenchmans land 



[124] Worcester noveml/ 26 1720 By order of the Hond Com- 
itte and persuant to their Grant I have laid out in Worcester South 
West of Chesnut hill, on the South Side of the Country rode One 
hundred acres of land in two parcells on the right of Alexander 
Boggle to Thomas Biney for a third division as namely Eighty 
acres w th 2 & ^ acres for swag of chain lying near the South west 
Corner of the Town, bounded west by Worcester line : East by 
land in possession of Josiah King every way else by comon land 
and marked trees as signified in the platt also 

Twenty acres more on the South side of the country rode bound- 
ed north by S d rode, East by land in the possession of William 
macklan, every way else by comon land and marked trees as sig- 
nified in the platt these two parcells of land q' 100 acres with 3 
acres allowance and are in full of his third divisions as butted & 
bounded & Surveyed by David Haynes 



E ^Sorod Stones 
a. 




Stones E 3d S 63 rod Stones 



6o, ' ud ^Sn7t, 



re 



pT 2: 

5' K 

50" '-'■' 

3 -. 



So acres 
to Thomas Biney 
3d division 



W 3d N 112 rod 



1 5 8 Records of the Proprietoi's. [1720. 

[125] Worcester June io ( 1720 persuant to a Grant of y e Hon d 
Comitte for Worcester I have laid out nine hundred and fivety 
acres of land w l 1 in 30 allowance for swag to Thomas Palmer Esq r 
mess r Oulton & Waldo, viz — 

— ffour hundred and fivety acres of land on y e right of Capt 
John Wing in Worcester near the north west part of the first six 
miles, on boath sides halfe way river bounded north by the di- 
viding line between the first & north six miles ; South by land laid 
out on the right of Samuel Daniel, every way else by Comon 

— Thre hundred thirty eight acres <S: a halfe on y e right of Sam- 
uel Daniel, Cowel and Tomlin joyning northerly to the fores 11 450 
acres and so bounded - westerly by land in the possession of Coll r 
Winthrop Eq r Coll r minet & Lt Rice, Southerly by land laid out to 
the widow Ward. Easterly by land in y p possession of moses Rice, 
and by comon land — also — 

— One hundred & fifty acres of land on the right of Daniel 
Turell, on & joyning to little prospect hill, and on f north side of 
Turkey brook, bounded West 1 partly by land in posses" of John 
Stearns part comon Southerly by land in posses" of Widow Ward 
and northerly by prospect meadow Lotts, Easterly by a Comon 
high way riming thro S' 1 Turells division where the cart path now 
is 

These thre parcells of land q l 950 acres w' allowance for chain 
& highway runing thro Turells lott as butted bounded & Signified 
in these platt Surveyed $ D Haynes 

also Twenty one acres of land returned 
to record of third division belonging to 
these rights 



1720.] 



I Vorcester , Alas sack u setts. 



159 



STAKE 



PINE 



*:;stones 



stake 




'•••ST0NE5 



STONES 



i6o Records of the Proprietors. [1720. 

[126] Worcester June 5' 1720 laid out on the right of major 
Gookin to mr John Smith four hundred & fifty acres of land in 
thre parcells in : 

2Q g — Two hundred and nine acres 60 rod on the north side of 
the Country road, bounded Southerly by S (1 road, Westerly 
by Worcester pretened line, northerly by land laid out to 
Daniel Haywood and partly by comon land 

114 — ffourteer acres and a halfe or One hundred 6° fourteen 
acres & a halfe of land On and joyning to Bocachoge hill 
bounded Easterly by land of mess 1 " Palmer Oulton & Waldo 
northerly by land in possession of S d Smith, Southerly by land 
in possession of nath 1 moor, and Westerly by land in the pos- 
session of Daniel Bigalow— — 

I ( ) -j — One hundred sixty seven acres one hundred & forty rod of 
land (out of w ch is 1 2 acres of meadow formerly laid out and 
seven acres 60 rod allowance for y e Coutry road) riming thro 
S d land & 1 3.I acres allowance for swag of chain for the whole 
bounded Southerly by land in the possession of S d Smith, 
Westerly & Easterly by comon ; northerly by land in the pos- 
session of David Haynes 

These thre parcells of land contain 450 acres of land w' the 
afores d allowance for swag of chain & highways, as it is laid out, 
butted & bounded as signified in the plats Surveyed 

^ David Haynes 



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Worcester, Massachusetts. 



161 



»Sf • « .<!' •WtMOW 




RED OAK 



[127] Worcester may i8 4 1720 persuant to a Grant of y e Hon d 
Comitte for Worcester to Thomas Haggatt I have laid out to him 
four acres 1 of meadow & pine swamp in S' 1 Town in & joyning to 
y c South end of nonsuch, bounded South by Rutland rode, north 
by comon meadow &: Swamp, every way else by comon upland & 

marked trees as it is signified in the platt 

also laid out to him eight acres & 76 rodd of land on y e South 
side of the Country rode, joyning to his second division bounded 
South by Ephraim Curtis farme, north by the Country rode, West 



I'ROP. K.K(! 



2 I 



l62 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1721. 



by his second division as it is signified in the platt, and is in satis- 
faction and full content for the Country rode runing thro his land, 
the other five acres 76 rodd is in part of his third division 

Surveyed "§ David Haynes 






__£DUNTR_r_ rqce 




Q. 

_^M0N_upl^ g| 
■»i MEADOWl SWAMP p£ 

\ J 

v_ — 


_] 

in 

1- 

u 

u 
< 
IE 


8ACR^5 76 ROD ^^-^" 


RUTLAND 



Worcester nov r 20' 1721 persuant to a Grant of the H d Com- 
itte for Worcester I have laid out to the School fifty acres of land 
for a second division on the East side of Beavour Brook, on boath 
sides of the Country Road, bounded N l by the ministerial 2 d di- 
vision West by land in possession of David Haynes, S' West & 
South by land of m r Dickson & m* King as is signified in the plat 
Surveyed by David Hay[n]es 

Hemlock 



stones 




[128] Worcester march i6' 1721 p'ersuant to a Grant of the 
Hon 11 Comitte I have laid out to moses Leonard for a third divi- 
sion in the South half of Worcester Seventy five acres of land in 
Worcester w' 2\ allowance in five parrells, viz : 



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Worcester, Massachusetts. 



16- 



— Twenty nine acres & 96 Rodd near S" Leonards house, a 
high way four rodd wide riming thro the same, bounded East by 
land in possession of S' 1 moses Leonard, northerly by land of 
Thomas Binny. South by land of mr Salters — also 

— Twenty four acres of land joyning Easterly to Quinsicamond 
pond South by land of m r Salter, West by land of moses Leonard 
north by land lying comon, also a smal Island in the pond called 
Rams Island containir.g one acre in the platt 

— Twenty two acres ninty four Rodd on boath sides of north 
and Sonth brook joyning Easterly to Oxford road & so bounded 
part by S d road & part comon, South by land in possession of L' 
Rice and m r Henchman, West by land laid out to the right of 
George Danson, north by [land] of Isaac King runing of the sides 
of his second division, also one acre & twenty Rodd lying north 
of his house on the West side of the high way bounded north by 
Taylors land South by Leonards land. Westerly by the highway, also 

— Eighty 81 rodd more north of his dwelling house on the E' 
side of the high way joyning to his house Lott. in full satisfaction 
for the high way thro his house Lott. all the parcells of land are 
laid out to him his Heirs &c for ever in full of his third division 
and the highway runing thro one corner of his House Lott, as it 
is Surveyed $ David Haynes 



OMb-, 



St'Sj.-l 




«^ 



LEONARO 2* ACF1ES 



S <5< 



1 64 



Records of the Proprietors. [1720. 



[129] Worcester ffeb r 20' 1720 persuant to a Grant of the Com- 
itte laid out to Josiah Crosbe his heirs &c on & joyning to both 
the prospect hills & prospect meadow with allowance for chain & 
pine swamp in it & for a way to the meadow Lotts if need be 
namely Thirty four acres fifty thre Rod & \ w ch is 5 acres in full 
of second division on Col Tings right and halfe of his third divi- 
sion, the other part is laid out to m r Jonathan Waldo (as is 
recorded) this 34 acres of land is in full with one third part of his 
third division on Tings right the other two thirds laid out to m r 
Jon 1 Waldo (and Recorded) this land is bounded East north & 
partly South by land of Palmer Oulton & Waldo, bounded West 
by prospect meadow Lotts, East & partly South by Crosbes land 
& partly by land laid out for the School 3 d division, as signified in 
this platt Surveyed by David Haynes 




o 



o 

u 

U 



^^nrr^- 





*** 







medow 



rod 



Gray Oake 



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Worcester, MassacJutsetts. 



16' 



[130] Worcester nov T 19* 1719 persuant to a Grant of the H 
Comitte I have laid out to Benjamin fflagg Sen r one hundred acres 
of land with allowance for swag, for his second division on Isaac 
Leonards right in the St part In two parcells namely Seventy six 
acreson and joyning to the N W p' of little Bogachoge hill, hound- 
ed East & South by land of m r John Smith every way else by 
comon as signified in the platt also 

Twenty seven acres on & joyning to Bimeleck Hill where his 
house now stands, bounded n' by land of Jonathan marble, South 
by his own house Lott & m r Oultons land. West by comon. a high 
way riming cross y 1 ' 27 acres of 4 rod wide as signified in this plat 
Sur* by David Haynes 




Worcester 06t r 20' 1 7 19 persuant to a Grant of the H Comitte I 
have laid out to James Rice on boath sides of ffrench river near 
little Bogachoge hill seventy seven acres & a halfe of land nett for 
a second division in S' part of Worcester, his Heirs & assigns for 
ever, as it is butted & bounded & set forth in this platt bounded 
every way by comon land marked trees & stones 

Surveyed by David Haynes 



i66 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1720. 



sr I6 P s 



IGO F>03 




[131] Worcester may i8 l 1719 persuant to a Grant of the Hon d 
Comitte for Worcester I have laid out to Joshua Rice on Bridgett 
Ushers right for a Second division in the South part one hun- 
dred acres of land with allowance for swag, and for a high way 
thro of 4 rod wide as signified in the platt 

also eight acres of land more within the plat of third division on 
the same right, on the East side of half way river and is bounded 
South Easterly by land of David Haynes, north by comon land, 
Westerly by comon land & by land of Daniel Haywood East by 
the widow wades land, S E by comon land 

This land is laid out to Joshua Rice his heirs & assigns for ever 
as butted bounded & signified in the plat Surveyed 

l',} David Haynes 

may i8 ( 1719 I have also laid out to Joshua Rice five acres 
of land on John Hubbards right, in part of S d Hubbards third di- 
vision on and joyning to bear-meadow and swamp N W by land 
of David Haynes West by m r allns meadow S E by land of Joshua 
Rice, north est by land in possession of Jacob Holmes as signified 
in the plat Surveyed by David Haynes 




ston:^ 



stoke: 






ITONf. 



c 7h HOD STONES 



1719.3 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



167 



[132] Worcester Sept 12' 1 719 persuant to a Grant of the Hon d 
Comitte I have laid out to the heirs of James Butler and Newcomb 
on their right one hundred and thre acres of land in Worcester on 
the north side of the new road. West from Goldings & John 
Staines second divisions. This 1 13 acres nett is in full of this right 
for 2 (I divisions bounded East by Gouldings & Staines land, every 
way else by comon land as signified in the plat Surveyed by David 
Haynes 

Stones 160 rod E i8d S Stones 



o 



Stones 



James Butlers heirs 
1 13 acres 2d division 



W i8d N 160 rod 



o 



o 
a. 



Stones 



Worcester Dec r 16' 1719 persuant to a Grant of the Hon d 
Comitte I have laid out to the widow Jehannah Ward Seventy five 
acres of land in Worcester with allowance, on her own right given 
to her by her husbands last will, for 2 d division in the South part 
lying westward of the meeting house joyning to her house Lott 
Est' 1 and to Turkey meadow. South by land of Joshua Rice, west 
in part by John Staines land, north by land of m r Palmer &c. East 
by her house Lott & that of Cap' Curtis now in possession of John 
Staines as signified in the platt Surveyed by David Haynes 



i68 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1720. 



Joshua Rices land 




-gW^d W 143 ro d 



Widow Wards 2d division 
77 1 2 acres 




stones 



Palmer & Compa 



[133] Worcester nov r 20 17 19 persuant to a Grant of the H d 
Comitt I have laid out to & for the use of the ministry in Worces- 
ter one hundred acres of land on and joyning to bear meadow 
plain on boath sides the Country rode bounded S by land of Peter 
King W by land laid out for the use of the School 2 d division N' 
by land of David Haynes, E by a highway to bear meadow, every 
way butted & bounded by markt trees, stones & stakes in full of a 
second division for the ministry as signified in the platt Surveyed 

$ David Haynes 



Peter Kings § 



land 




highway 



D Haynes 
land 



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Worcester, Massachusetts. 



169 



may 1 7 1 9 persuant to a Grant of the Hond Comitte I have 
laid out to James Rice in Worcester for a second division, on & 
joynirg to oake hill & mill brook on the East side of the brook 
seventy seven acres & ', nett for a 2'' divis" together with Twenty 
acres of third division, with allowance for a high way 4 rod wide, 
the 77! acres is 1 in full of his second division on Ripley right, the 
20 acres in part of his 3 d division on S d right bounded E by land 
of James Rice, N' by land of Obadiah Ward West & by mill brook, 
S 1 by land of aron adams house lott as signified in the plat 



owunusvNom 



OHV'I SWtfOW V 




,x 77 1-2 acres of 2d division 
x v 20 — acres of 3d division 




[134] Worcester may io' 1719 persuant to a Grant of the Com- 
itte I have laid out to Peter King alias Rice 103 acres of land in 
Worcester on the West & north side of cedar Swamp, bounded E 
by a high way round the swamp, S l by land of Ephraim Rice Junr 
West by land of John Smith & ministry land north by ministerial 
land with allowance for the high way runing thro it this hundred 
& thre acres of land is 7 7 J acres of land is laid out of y e right of 
L l Jonas Rice and twenty five acres of the right of atherton, laid 
out to him his Heirs & assigns for ever as Signified in the plat 
Surveyed "\> David Haynes 



PROP. REC. 



22 



170 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1719. 



Cedar Swamp&_RicesJand^ 




Worcester nov r 19' 1719 persuant to a Grant of the Hon d 
Comitte I have laid out to Jonathan moor in Worcester 100 acres 
of land near Bimeleck hill on the north side of Quinsicemug pond 
on the right of Bull for a second division viz 

forty seven acres on & joyning to S d hill E of his house lot, w' 
by his own lott & a halfe arc runing between his & marbles house 
lott, bounded N' by land of Golding E by Bineys swamp, S' by 
land of Insign Jones as signified in the plat 

ffifty ffve acres joyning to the south and West of his House Lott, 
E by land of m r alien, S' by comon land, W l by land of Palmer & 
Comp" wholly incompassing four 4 acres of meadow belonging to 
him, as signified in the plat $> David Haynes laid out to him his 
heirs tS; assigns for ever 



1720.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



171 




E 81 ROD 
BlNIEYS SWAMP 



r 
p 
z 
a 



a 

a 



COMON LAND 
W 2" N 100 ROD 



*IOR 5 



H0U ^ to :r 



Sir.NES 




[135] Worcester June 13: 1720 persuant to a Grant of the H 
Comitte I have laid out to L f Jonas Rice his Heirs and assigns for 
ever one hundred and ffifty acres of land in Worcester on and 
joyning to Tatunuck Hill near Worcester west line on S d Rices 
right & on the right of atherton bounded n l by land of Colonel 
minott, S l by land of nath 1 moor, E' by land of the widow ward, W 
by comon land and markt trees, Stakes cS; Stons — 

This land is 75 acres on the right of atherton, 75 acres on his 
own right with allowance for swagg of chain) in full of both his 
rights for a third division as Surveyed ty David Haynes 

moors land 
Stones W 140 rod Stones 




Jonas Rice 3d division in full 

75 acres on his own right 
75 acres on athertons right 



Stones 



E 240 rod 



Stake 



ministers land 



172 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1720. 



Worcester may 20' 1720 persuant to a Grant of the Comitte I 
have laid out to Jonathan moor on the right of Bull 100 acres of 
land for his third divisions in the south part, lying on the East 
side of halfe way river to him his heirs & assigns for ever with al- 
lowance of 3 in 100 acres bounded west & north by lands of Pal- 
mer and Comp a , East by John Staines South by land of James 
Holding : also 75 acres of land in S' 1 S' part joyning S ( to land of 
S d moor, n' by S d land, west by land of Elisha Rice, S* by y e widow 
wards land, west by Palmer & Comp" as set forth in the plat this 
1 75 acres lying on boath sides half way river & on the south side 
of the new road, is 1 75 acres is in full of boath his third divisions 
as Surved 
Stones S iSd VV 312 rod 140 rod Klisha Rice 



s 



o 
U 



00 

a- 

IT. 



,2 C 



Here is in this plat 100 acres 
of land laid out on the right of 
Bull to Jonathan moor 



3d division 



To Elisha Rice this 
75 acres is laid out 



p 



Palmer Oulton & Waldos land 



N iftd E 312 rod 



[136] Worcester may 20' 1720 persuant to a grant of the H 
Comitte I have laid out to nath 1 moor on the right of Bull 100 
acres of land with allowance halfe part of his 3 d division on Bulls 
right to him and his heirs for ever, as it is butted and bounded in 
this plat, South by land .of the widow Ward, west by land laid out 
to Bulls right and James Holdings, north by land of mess r Palmer 
& Comp" East by land of John Sternes and nath 1 moor, Joseph 
Hubbard & Daniel Haywood 

also may 20 1720 laid out to Elisha Rice Seventy five acres of 
land joyning to the South side of this Town on the East side of 
halfe way river, bounded west by land of Elisha Rice, East by 
Haywoods land, South by widow Wards land in these two platts 
of 175 acres of land are laid out together butted and bounded all 
round with marked trees & Stones & laid to S d moor and Rice 
their heirs & assigns for ever by David Haynes Surveyer 



1720.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



173 



N i8d E 1 -18 rod 



< « 7S acres to Elisha Rice 



Sj on ye other side entered 



£ 00 

5 00 



17^ rod to a heap of Stones 

75 acres to nathl moor on the 
right of Bull 



Haywoods land 



53 rod 



Hubards land 

stones 



S iScl W 96 rod 



^ 48 rod 

o 
-t 
o 
a 
stones 



stones 



On 



O 



Worcester June 13' 1720 persuant to a Grant of the Hond 
Comitte I have laid out to nath 1 moor his heirs and assigns for 
ever Seventy seven acres 1 of land in Worcester for a third divi- 
sion at and adjoyning to the South end of Tatnuck near the west 
line of Worcester, bounded north by land laid out to liutenant 
Jonas Rice, bounded East by land in possession of the Heirs of 
Diggery Sergeant & every way else by comon land and markt trees 
as it is signified in this plat Surveyed ^ David Haynes : 

Comon land 
stones West 140 rod stones 




stones 



nathl moors 3d division 77 1-2 division 



East 240 rod 
Jonas Rices land 






.8. 



stones 



[137] Worcester march 17' 1720 persuant to a Grant of the H d 
Comitte I have laid out to m r William Payne for a third division 
in S d Town fifty acres of land with allowance, to him his heirs and 
for ever in two parcells viz : Thirty acres of land joyning to y e 
bounded north by S d road East by Quinsicamond pond, west by 
a high way leading to moses Leonard South by Wigwam Hill & 
comon land as it is signified in the platt also 

Twenty acres more on the East side of ffrench river on and 
joyning to little Bogachoge hill, bounded west by land of Ensign 



174 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1721 



Jones, South with Worcester line, every way else by comon land, 
w ch two parcells are in full of his third division of land as signified 



in the platt Surveyed 



)avid Haynes 




Worcester may io l 1721 persuant to a Grant of the Hon' 1 
Comitte I have laid out to Insign nath 1 Jones Seventy five acres of 
land with i\ allowance for his third division on boath sides of 
ffrench river, bound South by Worcester Town line, west by land 
of George Danson, north by land of Gershom Rice Jun r East by 
comon land as signified in y° platt this land is laid out to his mill 
Lott right, to his Heirs & assigns for ever if he do fully comply 
and fulfill his Grant Sun/" by David Haynes 



COt^ON I.AND 




[138] Worcester may 20' 1721 persuant to a Grant of the H d 
Comitte I have laid out near and adjoyning to mount in 

two parcells 103 acres of land to the heirs of James Butler and 
newcomb on y r light for a third division in the South part viz : 

Twelve acres & 140 rod on both sides the new rode joyning to 
mount bounded N* with S d Butlers 2'' division, S* with 



1721.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



175 



land of James moor, w' by land of John Gray E by land in pos- 
session of andrew fferron as signified in y e plat also ninty acres and 
20 rod of land, on the N l side of his 2 d division, bounded w' by 
land of Palmer & Company N' by land of George Danson E' by 
land of Peter Golding as it is signified in this platt 

Surveyed by David Haynes 



Stones 



his 2d division 
E i8d S 160 rod 



O 
o 

S' o 

3 o 

81 3 

p - a- 

3 



Stones moors land 

W i8d Nt 40 rod 



James Butlers heirs 90 acres 
for a third division 



00 

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00 3 o- 

^ n 



W 

JL T3 

p 




o 

p 



P 
3 
P. 



his 2d division 



Stones 



W i8d N 160 rod 



Stones 



Worcester may 16 1721 persuant to a Grant of the Hon d Com- 
itte for Worcester I have laid out to James Holmes one hundred 
acres of land with allowance for his third division in the South 
part near the South west corner of the Town between South brook 
and y e Town line bounded S l by land of George Danson, north by 
land of m r Jonathan Waldo and m r Henchmans land, west by y e 
Town line as it is signified in this plat Surveyed $ David Haynes 




•a 

.0 

■& ^ / 
c > / 

-7 ' / James Holmes 



o 



r? 



C5 



third division of 100 
acres 



% 



V 






W 2od N 174 rod 
Waldos land 



u 
O 



54 rod 



1 7 6 Records of the Proprietors. [1721. 

[139] Worcester ffebr 17' 1720 persuant to a Grant of the Hon' 1 
Comitte I have laid out to Thomas Haggat his heirs and assigns 
for ever north of n 4 pond joyning to the dividing line in S (i Town 
ffifty acres of land with allowance for his third division in the South 
part of Worst r bounded South by the Comitees land, north by the 
dividing line, East by land of Daniel Henchman's heirs, west by 
comon land as signified in this platt Surveyed ~$ David Haynes 

Stones Comiltees land 



3 



white oak e 



2; 




2-1 




Thomas Haggatt 50 acres 3d division 


S. "1 






P- 






3 






^J 




Ln 




3 






si- 







ci O 

stones 



Worcester april 23 d 1721 persuant to a grant of the Hon d 
Comitte I have laid out on and joyning to Sagatobscut. Thirty 
four acres and \ of land to Josiah Rice in full of his third division 
together with 43 acres laid out before in the same, bounded South 
by the Town line westerly by land of Elisha Rice and by comon 
land, north partly by land laid out to Liutenant Rice and partly 
comon, Easterly by land laid out to mr Ephraim Rice Sen r as sig- 
nified in this platt 

also laid out to Ephraim Rice Sen r on said Sagatobscut Hill 
and joyning to the other Twenty nine acres of land in part of his 
third division, bounded Southerly with the Town line, west by 
Josiah Rice north by comon land, Hast by Ephraim Rices land as 
signified in this platt laid out to them and their heirs for ever 

V 1 > : Haynes Surv T 



1720.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



177 



54 rod 



S W 1 3d W 72 rod Stones 



Ephraim Rice 
Senr 
third division 




josiah Rice 
third division 
43 acres full 



N E 13d E 73 rod 



2 

o 



[140] Worcester march i6 l 1720 persuant to a Grant of the 
Hon d Comitte I have laid out to m r Thomas Leonard & Daniel 
Bigelo 100 acres of land for his 3 d division on David Livermors 
right, bounded north by the dividing line on both sides of the new 
rode, west by land of John Hubbard, South by said land, East by 

land laid out to m r Leonard also fifty seven acres I laid out 

to m r Thomas Leonard on fflechers right within the same platt and 
so bouned only East by land of m r Thomas Palmer & Company as 
it is signified in this platt Surveyed by David Haynes 

also Twenty acres more north west of north pond bounded 
south by land in the possession of Cap' How, bounded East by 
land in possession of the heirs of Digery Sergeant, bounded north 
and west by land in the possession of John Sternes as is sig- 
nified in this platt Surveyed ^ David Haynes 



l'KOP. KF.C. 



2 3 



i 7 8 



Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 7 2 1 



Stones 



o 



o 



O 




Here are 1 70 acres of land in full 
of Livermors third division & laid 
out to mr Leonard & mr Bigelo 
in these two platts also 180 acres 
in full of the two 3d divisions 
100 
57 1-2 



Stones 



2! 

ON 



o 



o 



157 1-2 in this plat 

E I 542 Stones W iSd N 80 rod Stones 



Stone? 



ITE^ 



20 acres in part of 
his 3d division 



[141] Worcester march 12' 1721 persuant to a Grant of the H d 
Comitte I have out to the Heirs of mr. Salter deceased & on the 
original right of mr yEneas Salter seventy five acres of land with 
allowance for a third division of land in Worcester, on the west 
side of Quinsicamond pond joyning to it bounded north by land 
of moses Leonard, west by said Salters 2 d division, South by comon 
land & markt trees as signified in this platt, laid out to them their 
heirs & assigns for ever in full of their 3 d division in the South part 
of Worcester t J D Haynes 



COMON L»ND g 

3 



s ^ LTe " s M*o 



10, 



IA' 



160 



ROQ 



MR SALTERS 3* DIVISION 
° T 75 flCR £3 WITH ALLOWANCE 



STONES 




1720.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



179 



Worcester June 16 1720 persuant to a grant of the Hon' 1 Com- 
itte I have laid out to Insign natli 1 Jones fur his third division in 
the South part of Worcester on Isaac Leonards right one hundred 
acres of land with allowance on boath sides of kittle brook or Lei- 
cester brook bounded north by the Country rode, west by Worces- 
ter line or [ ] South by land of Cap' Prentice, East by comon 
land as signified in the platt. this 103 acres is laid out to him 
his heirs & assigns for ever for his third division in the South part 
of Worcester \\ David Haynes 



Stones 



X h W 45 m VV 197 rod 



Ensign Jones 103 acres on Leonards right 
in full of his second division 



Stones 




Stones 



S b E 45 E 157 rod 1-2 Stones 



[142] Worcester march io l 1720 persuant to a grant of the 
Hon d Comitte I have laid out to the heirs of Digery Sergeant 150 
acres of land in Worcester on boath sides of halfe way river, north 
of Chesnut hill for his third division in the South part, bounded 
north by land laid out to the widow ward, west by land of George 
Dansons heirs, every way else by comon as in the platt & is in full 
of his own right, to him his heirs & assigns for ever as butted & 
bounded cc signified in this platt Surveyed $ David Haynes 



i8o 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1720. 



Comon land 



Digery Sergeants third division qt 150 acres 



Cor 



land belonging to George Dansons heirs 



Worcester may io' 1720 persuant to a grant of the H d Comitte 
I have laid out to Henry Lee, for his third division Seventy five 

acres of land, with allowance in two parcells viz : ffifty seven 

A acres on and joyning to the South side of north pond hill & 
joyning to north pond and brook, bounded west by land of Isaac 
miller, north by m r Jonathan Waldo's land, East by his own land, 
South by pond brook & the pond, Eas1 by meadow land laid out 
to mr Payne as signified in this platt to him his heirs & assigns 
forever 

also thre acres more allowance for the Country road 6 rod wide 
and the house lott is in possession of Henry Lee and Benjamin 
fflagg — a l s o 22 acres more returned with Jonathan Waldo's 
third division & bargained for by S d Waldo this 5 7 acres I is in full 
of Henry Lees 3 d division on his own right as is Surveyed 

')■) David Haynes 




^r^"" 00 



1720.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



181 



[143] Worcester Decern!/ 16 1 719 persuant to a Grant of the 
Hon' 1 Comitte I have laid out to L' Jonas Rice his heirs and as- 
signs for ever in y c S' part for his second division on athertons 
right in two parcells viz : 

fifteen acres on and joyning to Sagatobscut Hill bounded north 
by land of Digery Sergeant & partly Rices own land, West and 
South by land of Joshua Rice East by land of Ephraim Rice Sen r 
as signified in the platt : also 

ffive acres of land on boath sides of South biook called kittle 
brook the two parcells of land together with the other parcell in 
full of S a right of second division in the South part this 5 acres is 
bounded S' by Henchmans west by comon land, north by moses 
Leonards, East by Comon near to oxford road, all twenty one 
acres & 120 rod on the west side of ffrench river joyning to James 
Rices meadow in full content for a high way thro his House lott 
4 rod wide bounded East by & with ffrench river South by Gersom 
Rices land West by oxford road north by James macklands as in 
this plat signified cS: Surveyed $ David Haynes 




V\/ <i6 ROD 





Worcester march 18' 1720 persuant to a Grant of the Hon d 
Comitte I have laid out to Isaac miller Seventy five acres of land 
with allowance viz : 

— nine acres & \ on boath sides millbrook joyning to his second 
division bounded S' by it, w' by land of Palmer & Comp a N' by 
land of James Knap 

— Sixty eight acres of land on both sides of north pond brook 
on and joy[n]ing to the pond bounded East by lund of m r Jonat" 
Waldo & m r Tho s Glesson and John Stern's land, west by land of 



182 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1720. 



John Sternes & Digory Sergeants heirs South & South East by- 
meadow of James miller & by his own meadow 

these two parcells of land of 75 acres are laid out to Isaac mil- 
ler his heirs & assigns for a third division as signified in the plat 
Surveyed by David Haynes 



MILLERS CfllMft 



MILLEB k. CLESON 
«_Z3- E 




TOHtS 



fclS MEADOW 



YV i\n ROD 

HIS MEftDOW 



[144] Worcester novemb r 30' 1720 peisuant to a Grant of the 
Hon' 1 Comitte I have laid out to James Taylor Seventy five acres 
of land with an allowance, on and joyning to the Westerly side of 
Green hill west of ffrench river Southerly of the Country rode, 
bounded Easterly & South by lands on the right of Gershom Rice, 
West by comon land, South in part by land of Thomas Boggle, 
this 75 acres of land is in full of his third division & is laid out to 
him his heirs & assigns for ever as butted bounded and signified 
in this platt — also 

— nov r 30' laid out to him five acres of land for allowance of 
a highway runing thro his house lott 4 rod wide, & part of his di- 
vis" this 5 acres of land lies west of the high way and his house 
lott bounded South by moses Leonards land, north ward by land 
of Thomas Biney as signified & in full satisfaction for the high way 
also 

— on the S' 1 day laid out to him two acres of low brakey land 
by the South side of his meadow, on the N W side of pine 
meadow hill for allowance to equalise his meadow bounded N W 
by his meadow every way else by comon land & land laid out to 
Gershom Rice, as it is Signified in the plat to him and to his as- 
signs for ever, Surveyed <j9 David Haynes 



1721.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



^3 



COMQM 




O'-EuNARDS LAND 







1"^^ 
/««***■* 



r^' 



0^ 



STOMAS CEH5I-IEM FlICI- 

i t 3 5' W 160 ROb 



JAMES TAYLORS 3' DIVISION 
75 ACHFS OF LAND 



QCV 051 ? =S N 
CCMON 



CFRSHFM RICE 



STOMES. IT 



[145] Worcester ffeb r 14' 1720 persuant to a Grant of the Hon- 
oured Comitte I have laid out to m r Jonathan Waldo on m r aliens 
right w dl was originally m r Samuel Lenards. One hundred acres 
of land w* allow" for his third division in the South part, to him 
the S d Waldo his heirs and assigns for ever, on both sides of kettle 
brook or South brook, oxford road riming thro S d land, bounded 
west by land of the Heirs of m r Daniel Henchmans in part & 
James Holmes land South by S d Holmes land & by George Dan- 
sons land, bounded north by land of David Haynes laid out on 
the right of Josiah Rice every way else by comon land and markt 
trees, as it is Signified in this plat Surveyed $ David Haynes 
also 

— ffeb r 14' 1 721 I have laid out to Josiah Rice fforty thre 
acres of land in part of his third division in two parcells viz : 

— ffory thre acres on both sides of kettle brook or South brook 
on the west side of ffrench-river bounded South by land laid out 
to m r Jonathan Waldo ; every way else by comon land and markt 
trees, Stakes and Stones, at the N W corner a pine tree 

— Two acres more near to it joyning to oxford road on the N' 
side of m r Waldo's land & the N' side of the brook aforesaid bound- 
ed S* by Waldo's land every way else by comon land & markt 
trees as is signified in this platt, to him the S d Josiah Rice his 
heirs and assigns for ever Surveyed ^ David Haynes 



1 84 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1720. 



1 



Jonathan Waldo 103 
acres nett land on aliens 
ri"ht alias Leonards 




also 43 acres 
of land on 
1 Rices right • 



W 20° N 85 ROD 



[146] Worcester June 18' 1 720 persuant to a Grant of the Hon d 
Comitte I have laid out to David Haynes his Heirs & assigns for 
ever, for a third division in the South part of Worcester, on boath 
sides halfe way river & bear brook Seventy five acres of land with 
allowance, bounded South by land laid to the ministry and School ; 
north by land laid out to David Haynes as it is signified in the 
plat Surveyed $ David Haynes also 

— ffifty acres and a halfe more within the same plat, laid out on 
the rights here after named viz : for laying out & finding chain 
men for 500 acres of land in 2 d & 3 d divisions in six places, to the 
minister ministry and School by order of the Comitte also laid 
out to David Haynes ffifteen acres of land on boath sides of bever- 
brook, bounded South by S' 1 Haynes land, East by ministerial 
land, West by land of D" Haynes north by land laid out on Ephraim 
Rices right to S d David Haynes 

— Ten acres of land on boath sides of bevor-brook, bounded 
East by the ministerial land, South by land of S' 1 Haynes, on west 
by S d Haynes land north by land laid out to S d Haynes — also laid 
out to him [twenty?] thre acres of land on Goldings right for 
looking & laying out his second division bounded S' by the 10 
acres on Rices right — also laid out to S d Haynes on the acco' of 
of publick lands as training comon, sheep comon and y e burying 



1721.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



185 



place, high wayes & other publick services, riming the center line 
into the north half & in the South halfe. I have laid to him his 
heirs & assigns for ever Twenty thre acres of land 




[147] Worcester april 23 d 1721 persuant to a Grant of the 
Hon' 1 Comitte I have laid out to m r Jonathan Waldo Sixty eight 
acres 160 Rod n foot of land on and joyning to north pond hill, 
on the right of Coll r Ting w ch is just two thirds of S d Tings right, 
the other third belongs to Crosbe. This 68 acres &c is laid out 
to m r Jon' Waldo his heirs & assigns for ever for his third division 
in the South part as it is butted, bounded & set forth in this plat 
namely 

bounded west by land of mr Lee, north by Thomas Gleasons 
East by David Haynes on Ephraim Rices right, south by land of 
mr Waldo as signified in the plat Surv d $ David Haynes 



PROP. RKC. 



24 



1 86 Records of the Proprietors. [ i 7 2 1 . 

— april 23'' laid out to Henry Lee Twenty two acres of land 
on & joyning to north pond hill in part of his third division, bound- 
ed south by land of Isaac miller, westerly by land of Thomas 
Gleason north by land laid out to Jonathan Waldo, as it is signified 
in this plat (to him & his heirs for ever) 

Surveyed ^ David Haynes 

— april 23 d laid out to the right of Ephraim Rice Sen 1 " and on 
y e right of Ephraim Rice Jun r , and on the right of Rich d Ward 
ninty thre acres of land on and joyning to the Easterly and north- 
erly side of north pond hill, all in one peece as is signified in this 
plat bounded north by Thomas Gleason and the dividing line, 
Easterly by the Comittes land, every way else by land of m r Jon'. 
Waldo as signified in this plat namely 262 acres laid out to the 2 d 
division of Ephraim Rice Sen r , joyning to the Comittes land, 
Easterly also 6 acres to the right of Ephraim Rice Jun r his 2 d di- 
vision w ch are in full of the S d Rices 2 d divisions, nextly 192 acres 
in full of Wards 3 d divisions, also the remainder of this platt is 
38 acres laid out in part of third divisions as signified in 

the plat laid out to him and his Heirs for ever as Surveyed 

P David Haynes 



i 72 i.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 



187 



STON£S 




50 ?R INCH 



C0M1TTEESILMMD 



STONES 



m PWT 0F WORCESTER DIVIDING L 



INE 



1 88 Records of the Proprietors. [1720. 

[148] Worcester ffcl/ 17' 1720 persuant to a Grant of the Hon' 1 
Comitte I have laid out to the heirs of m r Daniel Henchman for a 
third division in the South part, in thre parcells Thre hundred and 
Seventy five acres of land with allowance for chain and for Rutland 
rode riming thro one part of S cl land & encompassing in it thirty 
one acres of meadow in Second division in and joyning to a place 
called the breeches, this 375 acres of land and allowance is laid 
out in thre parcells viz : 

— 198 acres on the north side of the Country rode, west of 
Chesnut hill joyning to and in rockey swamp and frog-pond bound- 
ed Easterly by land of Cap' Thomas Prentice, north & partly East 
by land laid out on the right of George Danson & comon land, 
West by land in possession of deacon Daniel Haywood (also 

— 138 acres near again to the breeches & wholly incompassing 
thirty one acres of meadow & Second division belonging to S' 1 
heirs with allowance also for Rutland road riming thro that also — 
bounded East by Shrewsbury line, north by the dividing line of 
the north and south parts, west by land in possess" of Tho" Hag- 
gat Soulh by land of the Comitte also 

— ffifty acres more on the South part of South brook, partly on 
the north and on boath sides of Leicester brook, taking in the 
beavour dam, bounded South by land of James Holmes, East by 
land of m' Jonathan Waldo, north by land of L 1 Jonas Rice, west 
by Leicester Town line as pretended 

— These thre parcells of land are laid out to the Heirs of m r 
Daniel Henchman their heirs and assigns for ever, as they are 
butted bounded and signified in this platt, by markt trees stones 
and stakes & are in full of their third division with an allowance of 
a high way to Rutland Surved ^ David Haynes 



STONES 



"" OAKE 



S To 




WHITE OAKE 



ST ONES. I 



COMIT f£S LAND 



STONES 



190 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1720. 



[149] Worcester 0£t r 20' 1720 persuant to a Grant of the Hon d 
Comitte I have laid out to Thomas Gleason Seventy seven acres 
80 rod in full of his third Division in Worcester near grand hill 
adjoyning to Gran-hill, bounded northerly by land in possession 
ofTh: Gleason every way else by comon land. In this platt is 
contained 73 acres of land & 24 rodd. also four acres & 80 rod 
more w cb two parcels make 77 acres 80 rod in full of his third di- 
vision bounded northerly by the dividing line between the South 
& north parts of Worcester bounded every way else by land of 
Thomas Gleason as signified in the plat Surveyed $ D Hay[n]es 

168 rod 



comon 






o 
3 



P 

9 



~4 



Thomas ( lleasons 73 acres 24 Rod 
^d division 





~-3 



60 rod Gleasons land 



42 rod 



[150] Worcester 06V 15' 1722 persuant to a Grant of the H' 1 
Comitte I have laid out to aron adams in Worcester near Snake 
Hill, bounded Westerly with Leicester line Seventy seven acres & 
80 rod of land nett in full of his third divisions bounded South by 
Henchmans land East by George Dansons land, north by deacon 
moors land, west by Leicester line, as signified in this platt bound- 
ed marked lines stakes and stones, to him his Heirs & assigns for 
ever as Surveyed $ David Haynes 



1721.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



191 










Henchmans land 








I'. 


1 ' 7 rod 1 -2 




I— 1 


5? 












3 


CT- 






•iron adanis 


x 




O 


O. 








ON 




3 

5" 


3 






3d division 




n 
n 


3 


c 

ON 

-I 

c 

Du 






W 117 1-2 rod 


O 

ON 

c 


n 



Worcester June 14' 1720 laid out to the widow Johanah Ward 
One hundred & twelve acres 80 rod of land in Worcester on boath 
sides halfe way river, on the Easterly side of Tatnuck hill in part 
of boath his rights, bounded N' by land of Oulton and Waldo W' 
by land laid out to deacon moor & Dansons land, S l by S d Dan- 
sons land, Easterly by land of Daniel Haward, as it is butted & 
bounded and Signified in the platt being 
77 1 acres in full of one right 
35 i acres in part of his other right 

laid out to her & her Heirs for ever as it is butted and bounded 
and Signified in the platt Surveyed '$ David Haynes 




E by Dansons land 200 rod 

widow Ward 77 1-2 acres 

35 1-2 acres 3d divisn 



IP 



W by Oultons land 200 rod 



192 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1719. 



[151] Worcester 06t r 24' 1721 laid out to the Heirs of Peter 
Gouldin by order of the Hon d Comitte for Worcester and by their 
Grant Ten acres of land & 84 rodd in part of his Third division 
lying near Quinsicamond pond, bounded South by land of Jona- 
than moor West by Gouldins land, north & East by m r Salters 
land, as it is signified in this platt. in part of his third division 
laid out on the right of Halle as it is butted & bounded 



x 



5" > 
o 



y 



moors land 



\V 36 rod 

( loldings 
10 rod 84 



?6 rod 



$ I) : Haynes 



4- (loldings House Lott 



Worcester June 8' 1 719 laid out to nath 1 Jones on Josiah Rice 
his right Twenty acres of land in two parcells viz : Sixteen acres 
of land & swamp on boath sides ffrench river, bounded N' by land 
of Gershom Rice Jun r . S' by land of said Jones E in part by land 
in possession of Gershom Rice & Comon land \v* by comon land 
and marked trees, also four acres of land on the East side freneh 
river joyning to land of said Jones every way else by Comon land 
and marked trees & in this platt these platts contain 20 acres 
laid out to him his Heirs & assigns for ever for a second division 
on Josiah Rices right Surveyed $ David Haynes 



1720.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



193 



# 




wt oake 



[152] Worcester noveml) 1 " 30' 1720 persuant to a Grant of the 
H rt Comitte I have laid out one hundred acres of land to the min- 
isterial third division in Worcester, on the westerly side of beavour 
brook, bound d west by land in possession of the widow Ward & 
South bounded Easterly by land of John Sterns, north by land of 
m r Gardner and the meadow Lotts. this 100 acres of land is for 
the use of the ministry their third division 

Surveyed $ David Haynes 



<S 



t 

O 



^00^ 



^£ 




ministry 100 acres 
3l '<li vision 



3 



vviduvv~WarcT 



i 9 4 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1721 



Worcester novembe r 30' 1720 persuant to a Grand \_sic\ of 
the Comitte I have laid out for the use of the School in Worcester 
ffifty acres of land for a third division on boath sides Beavour 
brook & joyning to little prospect hill bounded N' by prospect 
meadow lotts Easterly by land of Palmer & Comp a and John 
Sterns South by Sternes' land in part & marked trees. West by 
ministerial land of the third division, as signified in this plat. 

Surveyed *fP 1) Haynes 
and is in full of the 3 d division 



a 
5' 

Ec' 

r-t 
a 
>i 

p] 

— 
g. 

5" 






4* 
O 



c 

3- 



40 rod 



SJ 



a. 



>0 



52 rod 



School btt 3d division ? 



5 



Prospect meadow 



[153] Worcester June io' 1721 laid out to Henry Lee joyning 
to the north end of Tatnuck Hill Seventy seven acres of land & 
halfe for a third division on his own right by vertue of a Grant of 
y e H Comitte to him his Heirs and assigns for ever, as butted and 
bounded South by land of Coll r Winthrop westerly by land in pos- 
session of John Holden, north by land of Thomas Leonard East- 
erly by land Palmer & Company as signified in the plat Surveyed 

p David Haynes 



I7I9-] 



Worcester, Massac h usctts. 



>95 



stones 



W 1 70 rod 



C Winthrops land 



stones 



-3 
P 



r. 



II : Lee 3d division 



1-2 acres 



stones 



E 1 70 rod 



Leonards land 



stones 



Worcester may 19' 1 7 1 9 persuant to a Grant of the H d Com- 
itte I have laid out to Josiah Rice fifty seven & halfe acres of land 
in full of his second division, on or near Sacatobscut hill, on his 
own right, joyning to his House Lott & wholly incompassing it 
laid out to Josiah Rice his heirs and assigns for ever, as it is butted 
& bounded and set forth in this plat, with twenty acres more laid 
out to nath 1 Jones in full of his second division as signified in this 
platt Surveyed ^ David Haynes 

bounded westerly & northerly by land of James Holding Elisha 
Rice &c Easterly by L' Rice 



2 






2> 







Josiah Rice 
57 1-2 acres 
2d division 



W2d S 
3t ro<l 



to 



o 
a 




196 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[172 



[154] Worcester June io' 1719 laid out to Gershom Rice on 
Paines right Seventy eight acres of second division, thre acres of 
3 d division, & twenty two acres \ of James Holmes second division 
all in one platt on and joyning to Hill and South Hill, 

bounded South of moses Leonard, westerly by Binings land north 
by James Taylers land, Easterly by land of Gershom Rice, t' -'.:. 
one hundred and thre acres 80 rod is laid out to Gershom Rice 
his heirs & assigns for ever, as it is butted bounded & Surveyed in 
the plat for 2° & 3 d divisions $ D Haynes 

Stones & Stake white oake 



E 5<1 S 120 rod 



<-<i Cershom Rice 101 1-2 

a. 






22 1-2 Holmes 2d division 
81 on his right 



W 5d N 120 rod Taylers 



white oake 



Stones 



S3 



IT. 


3 


<_n 


V9 


Cu 


_ 




P 


<• 


3 


< 


a- 


M 




U> 




SO 




1 









£L 





Worcester novemb r n l 1721 persuant to a Grant of the Hon d 
Comitte I have laid out to John Sternes Sixty acres of land with 
allowance for a high way runing thro S d land 4 rod broad as in the 
platt on & joyning to little prospect hill & good for nothing plain 
on boath sides of Beavour brook : bounded westerly by comon 
land Southerly by widow Wards land, north & East by comon 
land : laid out to John Sternes his heirs & assigns for ever in part 
of his third division on Cap' Gurtices right, as signified in the plat 
Surv d ~$ D Haynes 



I7I9-] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



197 



Stones 



W 6d S 97 1-2 stones 




stones 



stones 



[155] Worcester ffeb r 8' 1720 persuant to a Grant of the Hon d 
Comitte I have laid out to Jonathan marble ffifty six acres of land 
on Josiah Haywoods right on the Easterly side of Winter hill and 
adjoyning to S d hill, in part of his third division, bounded South 
by land of Ben fflagg, westerly by comon land, N l by comon land, 
riast by Digery Sergeants land as signified in y e platt Surveyed f> 
D Haynes to him his Heirs &c for ever 



Stones 



ftlaggs land 
W i8d N 166 rod 



Stones 



ir. 

n 
-1 
ffQ 
n 
u 




Stones 



E i8d S 166 



Comon 



white oake 



Worcester Oc~t r 23 d 1719 persuant to a grant of the H d Com- 
itte I have laid out to Benjamin fflagg Jun r Seventeen acres of land 
88 rod in two parcells viz : nine acres 14 rod joyning to y e hill on 
the S l side of the Country rode, and to his house lott Southerly by 



198 



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his house lott and westerly. Easterly by Thomas Haggatt as it is 
signified in the platt. also Eight acres 94 rod on the Eastly side 
the high way from Isaac millers to the town on boath sides the 
Country rode : bounded westerly by a high way Easterly by Benj" 
fflaggs land, Southerly by John Grays as marked these two parcells 
are in full of his third division on his right with what Coll r Win* 
throp bought of him D Haynes 



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[156] Worcester June io' 1721 by order of the Hon d Comitte 
I have laid out to Gershom Rice Sixty two acres: of land in part 
of his third division viz: 50 acres 13 rod on boath sides pine 
meadow, bounded west by Homes' land. South by S d Rices land, 
East by comon land & north by marked tres stakes and stones, 
laid out on the right of Paine — also Eleven acres 140 rod, north 
west of his House lott, bounded South and west by land of James 
Rice as Signified in this platt, w'' h contains 62 acres no rod of 
third division Surveyed $ David Haynes 





1720.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 199 

Worcester June 12' 1720 persuant to a Grant of the H d Com- 
itte I have laid out to Gershom Rice Sen r ninty acres of land on 
and joyning to Gran hill on boath sides of Oxford rode in one 
platt. bounded west by land of James Taylor and rar woods, 
South by land of moses Leonard & comon land, East by land of 
James Rice & comon north by comon land and marked trees, 
and is in full of Gershom Rices third division with thre acres laid 
out for his second division as butted bounded & set forth in this 
plat Surveyed p 1) Haynes 1 in 30 allowed for swag 

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[157] Worcester June io l 1720 persuant to a grant of the H 
Comitte I have laid out to Joshua Rice one hundred & eighty' 
acres 80 rod of land in two parcells for his third division on Rrid- 
gett Ushers right viz 

one hundred & fifty-thre acres on boath sides of halfe way 
river, bounded north by land of Digery Sergeant and west by the 
same. South in part by comon land cc part by land of Obediah 
Ward and David Haynes. East by said Rices own land as it is 
signified in this platt 

103 acres of this land is on Ushers right 53 acres on Homes' 
also Twenty four acres more & 80 rod of land on the south side 
of Turkey meadow, bounded south by the Country rode west by 
Hubbards land, north by turkey meadow ; East by Joshua Rices 
land as signified in this platt, in full of boath his third divisions 

Surveyed *$ D Haynes 



200 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1720. 




[158] Worcester OcT 20 1720 persuant to a grant of the Hon d 
Comitte I have laid out to James Knop his heirs and assigns for 
ever — 

fforty acres of land for part of Jonas Rices third division on 
said Rices right in Worcester in thre parcells viz : 

ninteen acres ninty thre rod on the South East side north pond 
and joyning to said pond, bounded north by north pond brook in 
part and partly by meadow and laid out to Coll r minett, m r Payne 
and m r Lee : East by land of James Knop : South by land of Isaac 
miller : west by land of Palmer Oulton & Waldo as it is signified 
in this platt also 

Eighteen acres eighty five rod of land on the East side of mill 
brook, near north pond : bounded northerly by land of m r Jona- 
ihan Waldo in part & partly by land of his own — East bv land left 
for a high way : South by land of >n r Sanger as it is signified in 
this platt — also one acre & 14 rod on the west side of halfe way 
rivei, joyning to David Havnes bounded East by S' 1 land, S' & w' 



1720.] 



Worcester , Massachusetts. 



201 



by land of Cap' Prentice, north by S d Haynes land as it is Signified 
in this platt Surveyed ]p D Haynes 



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[159] Worcester novem r 30* 1720 persuant to a Grant of the 
Comitte I have laid out to Ephraim Rice Jun r for part of his third 
division in two parcells Seventy acres of land namely 

— ffifty acres on the E^ast side of halfe way river, on boath sides 
of the Country rode, bounded northerly by the School lots East- 
erly by land of Peter King and m r Smith : westerly by land of 
David Haynes as signified in the platt 

— Twenty acres of land more on the west side of halfe way river 
bounded north & west by land of Cap' Prentice : Easterly by land 
of John Smith : South by land of Gershom Rice in part & the 
Country rode as signified in the platt 

ffifty acres of this land is sould to James Dickson his heirs and 
assigns for ever Twenty acres to James mackland his heirs and 
assigns for ever by Ephraim Rice Jun r as it is butted bounded & 
Signified in the plat Surv d $ D Haynes 

also 1 \ acres more on the w' side of S d river : bounded E' by S d 
river : N' by David Haynes S 1 bv meadow & land of Cap' Prentice 

PKOl'. RKC. ,£ 



202 



Records of the Proprietors. [1720. 



w* by land on Sternes right & in full with the 6 acres returned al- 
read y . ? D : Haynes 



MACKLELANOS LAND 
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SOLO JAMES MACKL»ND\ 

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M« JOHN SMITHS LAND 



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[160] Worcester Janu r i' 1720 persuant to a Grant of the H d 
I have laid out to James Rice his Heirs & assigns for ever in 
Worcester on the west side of ffrench river, on boath sides of Ox- 
ford Rode one hundred and thirty two acres of land & 93 rod in 
part of his third division on boath his rights viz : 

— Seventy seven & halfe acres on Ripleys right in full thereof 
for third division of land in the South part and 

— ffifty five acres 13 rodd of land on his own right in part of 
his third division, these two lotts are laid out together in one platt : 
bounded Easterly by land of James Rice in part and coraon land : 
northerly by land of Gershom Rice, westerly by land of Josiah 
King in part Every way else by comon land and marked as it is 
Signified in this platt Surveyed ^ David Haynes 



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[161] Worcester april io' 1721 persuant to a grant from the H a 
Comitte I have laid out to Gershom Rice Jun r ffifty acres of land 
with allowance for swag of chain in two parcells in Worcester for 
a third division of land on the right of Gershom Rice Sen r viz : 

— forty six acres on boath sides of ffrench river, bounded South- 
erly by land laid out to nath' Jones : Comon land & marked trees ; 
westerly by comon land & James macklans land and meadow left 
for George Danson or comon : Easterly by comon land and mark- 
ed trees stakes & stones as in y* platt 

— ffour acres of land more laid out to S d Rice the same day 
South of his House lott. bounded South by the Town line north 
by land of Gershom Rice J un' westerly by land of James mackleen : 
Easterly by land in possession of S d Rice as signified in the platt. 
— This 50 acres of land with the usual allowance for swagg of 
Chain is laid out to Gershom Rice his heirs and assigns for ever 
in full of his 3 d division in Worcester as butted & bounded in the 
platt Surveyed p r D : Haynes 




204 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1720. 



[162] Worcester novemb r 30' 1720 persuant to a Grant of the 
H d Comitte I have laid out one hundred acres of land in two par- 
cell to the Rev c m r andrew Gardner in full of his third division viz : 

— ninty thre acres 150 rod of land on cS: joyning to the hill west 
of pine meadow bounded north in part by mr Gardners second 
division and land of Joseph Hubbard, westerly by land in the pos- 
session of Deacon Hubbard South by land in the possession of 
the widow Ward : Easterly by land laid out to the ministry 

— Six acres of land & 10 rodd joyning to said Gardners house 
Lott on the East side of mill brook, bounned westerly by land 
of said House Lott : north by mr Oultons land and East : South by 
land in possession of Deacon Haywood : these two parcells of land 
were laid out to him S' 1 Gardner his heirs & assigns for ever, as 
they are butted bounded, laid out & Signified in these two platts 

Surveyed "^ David Haynes 



andrew Gardner 3d divisn 
Q3 acres 150 rod 




[163] Worcester april io 1 1720 laid out to m r John Gray in thre 
parcells Seventy seven acres and a halfe pf land in thre parcells 
viz : 

— ffifty one acres on the East side of half way river on boath 
sides of the Country road, bounded westerly by land in possession 
of Palmer Oulton & Waldo north and Easterly by land in posses- 
sion of Butlers heirs Southerly by land in the possession of Dea- 
con moor also 



1720.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



205 



— Twenty six acres joyning to S d Grays house lott and second 
division as namely 13 acres 34 rod on the hill south of his own 
land, bounded north by his own land and land laid out to Benja- 
min fflagg : Kasterly by land of Haggat and Richard ward : South- 
erly and Westerly by land in the possession of Palmer Oulton and 
Waldo as signified in the platt 

— 12 acres 126 rod of land on the south side of Richard Wards 
house lott, & bounded N' by S d Lott : Fast by Wards second di- 
vision : South & W 1 by comon land & marked trees : these thre 
lotts q f 77 acres <So rod in full of his third division as signified in 



y e platt 



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[164] Worcester november the 30' 1720 persuant to a Grant of 
the Honoured Cornitte, I have laid out to the widow Johanah 
Ward on her own right for third division, which right was her 
late husband Wards right, Thirty seven acres 80 rod of land 
joyning together in two parcells as namely 



206 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1720. 



— Thirty two acres eighty rod joyning to west prospect hill joyn- 
ing to the ministerial land of third division bounded Easterly by 
the S d ministerial third division & partly north South by land in 
the possession of Joshua Rice, bounded west by said Wards land 
also 

— ffive acres joyning as it is signified in the platt, bounded south 
by land in possession of Obediah Ward & Joshua Rice East 
by said land, north by ministerial land, this thirty seven acres 80 
rod of land is in full of boath Wards third divisions as it is signi- 
fied in the platt Surveyed $> David Haynes 




[165] Worcester nov r 10' 1720 persuant to a Grant of the Com- 
itte I have laid out to Deacon Daniel Haywood One hundred and 
thre acres of land nett in Worcester in full of his third division in 
thre parcells namely 

— Sixty eight acres westward of Chesnut hill, on the N' side of 
the Country rode & bounded by the same and markes Easterly by 
land of m r Henchman : north by land laid out to Dansons right 
west by m r John Smiths land marked trees & stones as signified in 
the platt 



I 7 2I.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



207 



— Twenty four acres on the East side of mill brook bounded 
westerly by the land of Deacon Haywod and meadow lotts and 
James Rices land : South by James Holmes land and East, north 
by m r andrew Gardners incompassing the old burying place 80 rod 
reserved for it 

— Eleven acres more adjoyning to the north westerly end of his 
House lott, bounded Easterly by the S d house lott northerly by 
land of Crosbe : every way else by Comon land and marked trees 
this thre parcells of land is in full of S d Haywods third division as 
it is signified in these thre platts Surveyed fP D Haynes 

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[166] Worcester march 2i l 1721 persuant to a Grant of the 
Hon d Comitte I have laid out to Cap' Thomas Prentice one hun- 
dred and twenty five acres of land in Worcester on boath sides the 
Country rode westward of half way river in two parcells viz : 

— ninty seven acres with allowance joyning to Worcester line 
crossing S d brook, bounded westerly with Worcester line, South by 
land laid out to Gershom Rice : Easterly by Tailers land north by 
Jones land, South by Binneys land as in the platt — this land lies 
near half a mile south of the Country rode 



208 



Records of the Prop7'ietors. 



[1721, 



— Twenty eight acres of land on the north side of the Country 
rode westerly of halfe way river, bounded north by land in the 
possession of S d Prentice and David Haynes ; East by land in the 
possession of m r John Smith : South by land in possession of 
mackleland : westerly by said Prentices land, a high way thro S d 
land to David Haynes land two rodd wide as the trees are now 
marked : these two parcells of land are in full of Cap' Prentices 
third division Surveyed ^ David Haynes 



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[167] Worcester Janu r 3 d 1721 by vertue of a Grant of y e Hon" 
Comitte I have laid out to yohn Hubbard Seventy five acres of 
land, on & joyning to Tatnuck hill, bounded w* by Worcester pre- 
tended line, north by land laid out Isaac White, Easterly by land 
of Colonel Winthrop in part and by land in possession of Henry 

Lee, South by comon land also at the same time and adjoyri- 

ing to the said land, laid to Isac Wheeler Seventy six acres of land 
bounded westerly by Worcester pretended line north by the di- 
viding line ; East by land laid out to m r Starnes, south by S d Hub- 
bards land, as it is signified in these platts : also 



1721.] 



Worcester, Massac Jmsctts. 



209 



Janu r 3 d 1720 laid out to Isaac Wheler Twenty seven acres of 
land on & joyning to pine meadow hill on the S' side of pine 
meadow, bounded Easterly by land of mr fflagg & Cershom Rice 
& partly South every way else by his own land & m r Goldings land 
— and are in full of S d Whelers third division in Woster 

Surveyed $ D Haynes 





[168] Worcester march 25' 1721 persuant to a grant of the Hond 
Comitte and by their order I have laid out to the right of George 
Danson One thousand two hundred acres of land in Worcester for 
his house Lott, second & third divisions in the South part of Wor- 
cester viz : 

— Two hundred & eighteen acres 60 rod joyning to the S'. 
west angle of the Town & runing down to french river meadows, 
bounded S' Easterly by land of nath 1 Jones & Gershom Rice Jun f . 
Southly and westerly by the Town line, northerly by land of Jona- 
than Waldo and Jacob Holmes : two hundred acres of this land is 

PROP. REC. 



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house lott y e 18 acres 60 rod part of his 2 d division butted & 
bounded by marked trees stakes & stones as signified in the platt, 
also 

— Thre hundred acres of land in part of his Second division 
joyning to Tatnuck and Snake hill, bounded north by land of Dea- 
con nath 1 moor, west by land of aron adams and partly north South 
by land in possession of the heirs of m r Henchman and Daniel 
Haywood East by land of Diggery Sergeant and partly comon, 
in this 300 acres is Six acres of meadow swamp, butted and 
bounded with marked tres stakes & stones as signified in the platt 
also 

— One hundred & twenty acres & 100 rod of land joyning to 
the line and so bounded by said line : north by land of Thomas 
Bowne [ ?] East by land of moses Leonard South by land of mr 
Henchman this 120 acres 100 rod is laid out in part of Dansons 
2 d division as is butted bounded and signified in the platt — also 

— ffive hundred & Sixty seven acres 
& one hundred rod, whereof 67 acres 100 rod is in full of his 2 d 
division, & 500 acres in full of his third division, this 567 acres & 
100 rod of land is bounded westerly by land in possession of mesrs 
Palmer, Oulten, Waldo Southerly by land belonging to the Heirs 
of m r Butler, S' East by land of Palmer Goldin, Cap' How, Peter 
King. John Stearns and Thomas Gleason, as signified in the plan, 
bounded n* westerly by the dividing line between the n' & s' halfes 
of the Town as it is signified in the plan. These 4 platts contain 
1206 acres, two hundred of w ch is his House Lott, 500 to the 
Second division and 500 to the 3 d division, 6 acres of Swamp in 
steed of meadow also 14 acres of meadow Swamp joyning East to 
the 218 acres [169] and on boath sidts Kittle brook East of 
meadow of Elisha Rice west by land of Jonathan Waldo north by 
comon land &: p l East as Surveyed $ David Haynes 



1721.] 



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Worcester, Massachusetts. 

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[171] Worcester novemb r 3 d 1727 laid out to Benj a fflagg six 
acres of land on the north East side of millstone hill, joyning to 
the land of Cap' Ephraim Curtise, and so bound Easterly by Cur- 
tis northerly by land in the possession of Richard Wade, every way 
else by Comon land as signified in the platt — this 6 acres of land 
is in part of Browns house lott, in full satisfaction for his meadow 
within his house lott which Jie had no allowance for before, now 
by order Surveyed by David Haynes 



E 4 a nt 60 rod 




214 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1728. 



Worcester novemb r 1728 at the desire of Cap' Jones I have 
taken and sent you a platt of fourteen acres of land and meadow 
Swampe laid out on the right of George Danson and recorded on 
said right bounded South by comon land, west byrnr. Waldos 
land, north and partly East by Comon and part East by Elisha 
Rices meadow as it is signified in this platt 

Surveyed by David Haynes 



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[172] Worcester nov 1728 laid out to Palmer Golding one halfe 
right in part of his third division in Worcester on boath sides of 
ffrench river, Ten acres of land & meadow and 22 Rod, bounded 
South by land in the possession of Gershom Rice, bounded west 
by comon land, bounded north by ffrench-river & meadow lotts, 
bounded East by land laid out on Dansons right, as it is signified 
in this platt surveyed by David Haynes 



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1 728.J Worcester, Massachusetts. 215 

Worcester Oc"t r 24 1728 persuant to a Grant of the prop 8 of 
Worcester and according to the Grant of the Hono d Comitte for 
a 3 d Division in Worcester I have laid out to ffarmer Golding in 
Worcester near blader-pond, joyning to m r Palmers, land westerly 
and southerly, and m r Henchmans land and blader pond north 
and Easterly by Whclers and seventeen accres of land as it is but- 
ted and bounded as it is this platt, 13 acres of this land is in part 
of Goldings 3' 1 Division, and four acres was allowed him for the 
highway cross S d Goldings house-lott in full satisfaction for S d way 
his 13 acres of land is laid out on the original right of Thomas 
Hall Signd by David Haynes 




[173] Oc~t r 20 tl1 1728 persuant to a grant of the proprietors of 
Worcester to Cap' nath' Jones I have laid out in Worcester Thirty 
six acres of land in full satisfaction for swag of Chain on J Danson 
division in two parcells viz Thirty two acres near and joyning to 
to land in the possission of James moor and so bounded Southerly 
by S d moors land, bounded West by land laid out to mr Palmer 
Esq r . bounded north by land laid out to the right of James But- 
ler &c : bounded Easterly by land laid out to Eph m Curtise right 
to Stems and the new road riming thro S d land as signified in the 
platt : also 4 acres of land bounded west [by land] in the possis" 
of Thomas Palmer Esq r ; every way else by comon land & marked 
trees and stones as signified in this platt to nath Jones his heirs 
and assigns for ever Signed by David Haynes 



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[1727. 





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pursuant to a Grant and by or- 
der of the Hon d Committee I 
have laid out to Benj a Flagg of 
Worcester his heirs & assignes 
for ever Seventy acr's of land in 
Worcester as part of his third di- 
vision on the Right of mr Leon- 
ard Bounded Southerly on land 
laid out to Benj" Flagg Ju r : on 
Thomas Brownes right Easterly 
by Land Laid out as a Second 

Division upon the original Right of Digery Sarjent deceased, every 
way else by Common as signified in this platt Surveyed by 

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[174] July the 4 : 1727 : then the Selectmen of Worcester and 
Leicester and oxford did meet at the South west Corner of the 
town of Worcester and the South East Corner of the town of Lei- 
cester & the north East Corner of the town of oxford, in order to 
preambulate and renew the Bounds between the said towns of 
Worcester & Leicester and oxford So far as the said towns Joyned 
together and they did all Consent and agree, and did own and 



1732.] 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



2 17 



mark a certain hemlock or black pine tree standing by the Edge 
of a Swamp on the East side of said Swamp which Tree so mark- 
ed to be and remain to be the South west corner of the town of 
Worcester and the South East Corner of the Town of Leicester & 
the north East Corner of the town of oxford In witness where 

of we the Selectmen of Each of the said towns have sett to our 
hands the day, & year first above written 1 



Isaac Learned 
Eb : Learned 

Seleclmen for 
Oxford 



Sam 1 Green 
Rich : Southgate 
Tho 8 newhal 
Tho" Richardson 
Seleclmen for 

Leicester 



Nat 11 Moore 
Gershom Rice 
Dan 1 Haywood 
W" Jenison 

Seleclmen for 
Worcester 



[175] We the Subscribers being Proprietors of the Comon and 
undivided Lands. in the South part of Worcester being apprehence- 
sive * it is necesery to Call a meeting of Said Proprietors therefore 
Do hereby apply our selves to John Chandler Jur Esq r one of his 
majesties Justices of the peace for the County of Worcester pray- 
ing a warrent for the Calling a meeting of said proprietors and in- 
sert the following articles the said warrent for said Proprietors to 
transact upon as they Shall Se Cause 

( 1 ) for the Said Proprietors to Choose a moderator to regu- 
late said meeting 

2 to se if the Proprietors will Choose a Clerk Liveing in Wor- 
cester to act as such for the Proprietors of the South part of Wor- 
cester 



3 to Receive the return of Cap' David Haynes relating to his 
Surveying & plating the Comon and undivided Land in the South 
part of Worcester 

4 for the Proprietors to dispose of the Comon and undivided 
Land in Said South part In such manner as they Shall se cause 



1 This was also recorded in the Town Book. See "Early Records of 
the Town of Worcester," Book I., page 81. 

PROP. REC. .,0 



2 1 8 Records of the Proprietors. [1732. 

5 for to take Effectual Care to Lot out & Divide the Cedar 
Swamps in the South part of Worcester 

6 to Inquire what the Persons have done who Engaged & 
Covenanted with the Proprietors to Burn Lime in the town of 
Worcester 

7 to determine upon mr Zechariah Fitches Petition as Gardien 
to mr James Kilby — 

8 to Determin upon y e Petetion of Dan" Gookin Esq r 

9 to take Effectual Care to Piatt the Comon land by the meet- 
ing house in said town and recorrd the saime and remove the in- 
cumbrances of from the same 

10 to have the ministerial and School Lands in the South part 
put under improvement 

1 1 there being a former Grant made to mr Nat" : Jones 1 Late 
of said Worcester, of a right of Land in [ ] said Town upon 
Certain conditions of said Jones building and maintaining a Grist 
mill in Sd town for a Certain term of years for the accomodation 
of said town and whereas the Conditions of said Grant was not 
Complyed with by said Jones to see at said meeting what measures 
the Proprietors will take in order for their recovering the posses- 
sion of Said Lands Granted to said Jones as above said and the 
[176] Stream alloted for the Conveniency of a mill that so the 
Proprietors thereby may have the oppertunity to build a mill for 
the Benifitt of the town or any thing Else y' the Proprietors Shall 
act at Said meeting about said Granted Lands to said Tones as 
abovesd and in Case the Proprietors act on the Last article to 
Choose agents or attorneys to manage Said Cause and we pray 
the meeting may be on the Second tuseday of april next at Ten a 
Clock in the fore noon at the meeting house in Said town 

Dated Worcester march the 14 th : 173 1-2 

Henry Lee Dan 1 Ward James Holdin 

Dan 1 Heywood Jonas Rice James m c lellan 

moses Rice Natt" : Moore John Stearnes 

Benj" -Flagg Ju r 



1 See page 107. 



1 7 3 2 . ] Worcester, Mas sac h usetts. 2 i g 

Worcester ss : 

To Cap 1 Jonas Rice of Worcester and one of 
the above Subscribers Greeting 

Whereas application has been made to me the Subscriber one 
of his majesties Justices of the peace for the County of Worcester 
that a proprietors meeting may be Called of the Proprietors of the 
undivided Lands in the South half part of Worcester for the Ends 
and purposes sett forth in the application on the other Part of this 
Sheet may fully appear 

,-^\ these are therefore in his Majesties name to require you 
\J^/ forthwith (persuant to the Directions of y e Law) to notify 
the Said Proprietors to meet and assemble themselves at 
the meeting house in Worcester afore said on the Second tuseday 
of aprill next being the Eleventh Day of said month by ten of the 
Clock in the fore noon of Said Day then & there to [ ] act on 
the within mentioned particulars Said notification to be by posting 
the particulars up in some publick place in Worcester afores d here 
of fail not & make Due return hereof to said meeting with your 
Doings therein under your hand Given under my hand & 

Seal in Worcester this 15 th Day of march In the fifth year of his 
majesties Reign annoque Dora : 1 731-2 

John Chandler Ju r Justice peace 



Persuant to this warrant I have notified the Proprietors of the 

Comon and undivided Lands in the South half part 1 cf Worcester 

to assemble themselves at y e time & place above mentioned by 

posting up a notification In [177] a publick place in Worcester 

agreeable to the Directions of the Law 

Jonas Rice 
Worcester april 11"': 1732 



'The "South Part" of Worcester included that portion south of what was 
set off in 1740 as the town of Holden, which was known at this time as the 
"North Half" or "Part". The "Dividing Line" separated the two portions. 



2 20 Records of the Proprietors. [1732. 

at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
Land in the South half part of Worcester on tuseday the Eleventh 
of april 1 732 Regulerly warned & mett at y e meeting house in said 
town at S d meeting Benjamin Flagg Jur was chosen moderator 
to regulate Sd meeting attests Jonas Rice 

voted at said meeting y' the meeting be adjourned for half an 
hour then to meet at the house of mr Dan 11 Heywoods In said 

town the Proprietors being mett at the house of Sd Heywood 

by said adjournment voted y' Said meeting be adjourned to Wed- 
nesday the 19 th of this Instant april at two of the Clock afternoon 
at y e meeting house in Said town attest 

Benj" : Flagg Ju r moderator 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
Lands in the South part of Worcester at the meeting house in said 
Worcester on april 19 th : 1 732 : by an adjournment from april 1 i ,h : 
1732 : at said meeting Benj a Flagg Ju r was Chosen Clerk for 
the above mentioned Proprietors and was then Sworn by William 
jenison Esq r to the Faithfull Discharge of this office 

attests. Jonas Rice 

voted at said meeting that the meeting be adjourned for half an 
hour then to meet at the house of mr Dan 1 Heywood in said town 
— then the S d Proprietors meet at the house of said Heywoods by 
said adjournment, & voted that a Com 1 "' 6 of five men be Chosen 
to Examin the Book Concerning m r Zachariah Fitches Claim as 
Gardien to mr James Kilby and make report to the proprietors 
what they think may be best for y e Proprietors to do thereon as 

soon as may be voted that William Jenison Esq r Gershom Rice 

Moses Rice Cap' Jonas Rice & Benj" Flagg Ju r be the Com tee for 
to Examin the Books and make reporrt as aboves' 1 

voted at S d meeting that whereas David Haynes on the 1 2 th Day 
of September 171 7 by order of a Com"''' appointed by the Gen" : 
Court, for the resetling of Worcester and in pursuance of a Grant 
made by Said Com tec to Cap' nat Jones Late of Sd Worcester, Laid 
out to Said Jones a thirty acre Lott in the town of Worcester and 



1 732. J Worcester , Massachusetts. 221 

on [178] the South Side of half way River & on the East on B-og- 
achoage hill with the right of meadow and other Divisions which 
Lott and rights as above said was Granted to the Said Nat" Jones 
upon Conditions that Sd Jones build a Grist mill in Worcester and 
maintain the same in Good repair twelve years for the towns use 
provided he complied and payd taxes as other house Lotts did 
and not other wise 

now whereas the said nat 11 Jones has not Complied with the 
Grant of the Com tce as above said and did not build & Keep a 
Grist mill in the town of Worcester in Good repair twelve years for 
the use of the said town as above said whereby the Sd town hath 
been greatly Damnified for want of Said mill therefore voted at the 
above said meeting that the Proprietors of the Comon & undivided 
Land in Worcester do Chuse William Jenison Esq r Henry Lee Esq r 
and mr moses Rice their agents and Do hereby fully impower them 
or any two of them in the name of the Proprietors above said to 
sue for and recover the Possesion of the said thirty acre Lott as 
above said which was Granted to the Said Jones for building and 
maintaining a Gristmill for y* use of y e town of Worcester as above 
said and to sue for & recover the Possession of the meadow be- 
longing to said thirty acre Lott and all the after Divisions that was 
Laid out to the above said thirty acre Lott fully impowering the 
Sd agents or any two of them to appear in any Court of record and 
there in the name and at the Charge of the said proprietors to sue 
for the house Lott and the meadow and the Rights or Divisions as 
above said or for any one part there of and to prosicute to Effect 
in the Law for the Recovering the Saime that so there may be u 
Grist mill built for the use of the town of Worcester agreeable to 
the Good design & Intent of the former Grant 

attests Benj a Flagg Ju r moderator 

voted at Sd meeting that Cap' Jonas Rice James Tayler Deacon 
nat 11 moore James Holdin and thomas Stearns be a Com tee to Con- 
sider upon y e Petition of Dan 1 Gookin Esq r and view y e undivided 
Land in the South part to se where the said Petitioner can be ac- 
comodated with a building place and make return to the next 
meeting — 



222 Records of the Proprietors. [ l 73 2 - 

voted y l said meeting be adjourned to the third Wednesday of 
may next at ten a Clock fore noon at the meeting house in Wor- 
cester Benj a Flagg Ju r moderator 

the names and interest of the Proprietors y' voted in the fore- 
going meeting (viz) 

moses Rice 3 tens James tayler 3 tens Henry Lee Esqr on 

Joseph Crosby 1 1-3 John Smith 1 1-2 adam Winthrop Esqr 4 tens 

mathew Gray 4:1-2 Jonas Rice 3 on henchmans rights 5 

Abraham Wheeler 2 Benja Flagg Jur 1 1-2 on Palmer & Waldo 24 & 2-3 
[ ] Gookin Esqr 1 Gershom Rice Jur 2 himself I & 1-2 



mcConc 


ky 


2 1-2 


Danl Ward 




6 


William Jenison Esqr 2 1-2 


Richard Ward 




2 


Robt marble 




2 


Gershom Rice 2 1-2 


Thos adams 




■5 


James Holdin 




3 


Joshua Rice 4 


Thos Stearns 




8 


Thos Glezin 




b 


natll moore 7 


Robt Peible 




3 


James 1 1 amble 


ton 


5 


Benja Flagg 4 


William Caldw 


ell 


7 


Joseph maynard 


3 






attest 


Benj a Flagg 


Ju 


r Clerk for Said Proprietors 



[179] at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon & undivided 

Land in the South part of Worcester by adjournment from the 19 : 

of april 1732, to may 1 7" 1 : 1732 : 

voted at Said meeting by the Proprietors, that the Cedar swamps 

in said South part of Worcester be forthwith divided into Lotts 

voted that mr Benj a : Flagg Ju r be the Surveyor to Lay out y e Ce- 
dar Swamps above said to Every original right its Due pro- 
portion 

voted that mr James Holdin mr Tho 8 Starnes & mr moses Rice be 
assist y e Surveyor as Chain men and y x they be under oath to 
the Faithfull discharge of their trust 

voted : that the same Surveyor & Chain men appointed to Lav- 
out the Cedar Swamps, renew the Bounds of the publick 
Lands about the meeting house and return a platt of y' same 
to the Proprietors in order to be recorded in the Proprietors 
book 

voted that Seventeen acr's of Land be laid out to Thomas Palmer 
Esq r in the undivided Land in Sd South part there being so 



1 73 2.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 223 

much by a mistake Laid out to Palmer Goulding on the orig- 
inal right of hall which was laid out on Land belonging to 
said Palmer Esq r before & said seventeen acr's haveing been 
purchased by Sd Palmer of Sd Palmer Goulding 

voted that Cap 1 Haynes be desired to make a return of y e Survey 
taken of all tlie Comon and undivided Land in the South 
half, at the next adjournment of this meeting 

voted that this meeting be adjonrned to the fourteenth day of June 
next at the meeting house in Worcester at one of y e Clock 
afternoon 

attests Benj a Flagg Ju r moderator 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
Lands in the South part of Worcester by an adjournment from 
may 17 th : 1732 : to June the 14 th : 1732, at one of the Clock af- 
ternoon, then being mett. 

voted that in order for the Lotting out the Cedar Swamps in the 
South part of Worcester a Draught shall be made for every 
original house Lott and Wherever the Lott Shall fall it shall 
be Laid out begining at the most Southerly End of the Cedar 
Swamp on mill brook with number one and so Extending 
northerly in Course untill the whole of the swamp be Lotted 
out then to begin at the most Southerly [180] End of the 
dry Cedar Swam and so to Extend to y e northerly End until 
the whole be finished, the Lotts to Run from side to side of 
Each Swamp that Nahum Ward Esq r being present & not a 
Proprietor be desired to Draw for every house Lott and after 
the numbers were fairly Drawn it appeared that the numbers 
Drawn to Every original Lott was as followeth (viz) 



224 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[ l 73 2 - 



Jonas Rice 

George Danson 

James Rice 

Barnes on Davis 

Jonathan Tyng 

Isaac Wheeler 

Isaac Bull 

Capt Jo Wings on Cowels right 

ye heirs of obe : Ward on 
Hoars Right 

James Holmes 

Eliot on majr Gookins Right 

Peter Goulding 

Jonas Rice 

Gershom Rice 

John Hubbard 

Elisha Rice 

Jacob Leonard 

Lee on Hubburd 

Jonathan marble 

Thos Haggett 

James Butler 

Moses Leonard 

the Heirs of ol> : Ward 

Richard Ward on bush 

rar Salters Heirs 

Gershom Rice 

Thos : Brown 

allin on Saml Leonards right 

Eph : Curtis 

William Payn 
Capt John Wing 

Danll Livermore 

Bridgit usher 

Natll moore 

ministerial 

Nat : moore on J : Bull 
[181J Wing on Tomlin 

Wing on Turel 

Thos Gleezen 

Eliott on majr Gookin 

B. Barns on merriam 

Stephen minott Esqr 



IO ACRE LOTTS NO 



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4 

5 
6 

7 
8 

9 

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12 
13 

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23 
24 

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27 
28 

29 

3° 

3' 

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34 
35 

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38 

39 

40 

41 

42 ; 



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Worcester, Massachusetts. 



225 



Capt 
Capt 



first minister 

Eph : Rice Jur 

James Holdin 

Gershom Rice on Payn 

James Tayler 

Thus Prentice 

Peter King on Jonas Rice 

Aaron adamses 

Josiah Rice 

wing on Daniels Right 

David Haynes on Newton 

School 

Diggery Sargent 

Isaac Leonard 

Dec Dan : Haywood 

Adam Winthrop Esqr 

Ephraim Rice 

The Heirs of mr Henchman 

Benja Barns on Wheelers 



105 
186 



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55 

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60 

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291 



also voted at the meeting above said in answer to y e Petition of 
of Nahum Ward Esq r : attorney to mr Zechariah Fitch that W m 
Jenison Esq r mr Gershom Rice m r Moses Rice, Cap' Jonas Rice 
& Benj a Flagg, Ju r : be a Com tee to Consider of said Petition & 
4 said Ward in his said Capacity Shall further offer in y' affair and 

make report to the Proprietors at their next meeting 

voted that this present meeting be adjourned to the first Tuseday 

of august next at one of the Clock afternoon at the meeting 

house in Worcester 

Benj a Flagg Ju r : moderator 



PROP. REC. 



29 



226 Records of the Proprietors. [1732. 

[182] at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undi- 
vided Land in the South part of Worcester mett by an adjourn- 
ment from the 14 th of June 1732 to tuseday the first day of august 

I73 2 

voted at said meeting that Henry Lee Esq r and mr Joseph 
Crosby Ju r be aded to the Com tce appointed to Consider upon the 
Petition of Dan" Gookin Esq r said Com tce to make return at the 
next adjournment 

voted at said meeting that Cap 1 Jonas Rice & Benj a Flagg Ju- 
nior be desired to inform Cap' David Haynes in the name of y e 
Proprietors of the next adjournment and Desire him to make re- 
turn of his Survey Taken of all the undivided Land in the South 
part of Worcester 

voted that the Present meeting be adjourned to the Eighth Day 
of September next at one of the Clock afternoon at the meeting 
house in Worcester attests Benj a Flagg Ju r moderator 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
Land in the South part of Worcester mett by an adjournment from 
august the first 1732 : to September the Eighth 1732 at the meet- 
ing house in said town at one of the Clock afternoon 

voted at the desire of Cap' Jones that VV" Jenison Esq 1 " m r Ger- 
shem Rice & Benj" Flagg Ju r be a Com' ec to search the record 
and see what platts have been [ ] upon the right of m r 

George Danson 

voted that mr Dan 1 Heyvvood with the Persons above named be 
a Com' (e to Search the records and make report to the Proprietors 
what votes hath been made by said Proprietors relating to the six 
rod left for a road thro A Said town 

voted y' the Present meeting be adjourned to tuseday the 19" 1 : 
Instant at one of the Clock afternoon at the meeting house in said 
town attests Benj" Flagg Ju r moderator 



1 73 2 -] Worcester, Massachusetts. 227 

at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Cornon & undivided Land 
in the South part of Worcester met on the nineteenth of Sep r 1 732 : 
by an adjournment from y e Eighth day of Said Sep r 

voted at said meeting y' the return of the Com tec : appointed to 
view and find out a house Lott for Daniel Gookin Esq r , be ad- 
journed to the next meeting 

voted at Said meeting y' a Com tce of three men be Chosen to 
find out a peice or peices of Land in the Comon and undivided 
Land in the South of Worcester Suitable to Sell for to pay the 
Proprietors Just Debts and [183] make return to the Proprietors 
what the same will Sell for as soon as may be 

voted y' mr Gershom Rice William Jenison and Henry Lee 
Esq rs be the Com'" for the Service above Said 

voted y' the present meeting be adjourned to the Second tuse- 
day of November next at ten of the Clock fore noon at the meet- 
ing house in Worcester Benj" Flagg Ju r moderator 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
Land in the South part of Worcester mett on tuseday y e fourteenth 
day of November 1732, by an adjournment from the 19 th of Sep- 
tember 1 732 : — 

voted y' the Present meeting be adjourned for one hour & half 
then to meet at the house of mr Thomas Starnes inholder in Wor- 
cester at which time and place Said Proprietors mett and at said 
meeting mr Gershom Rice William Jenison & Henry Lee Esq" 
a Com tee Chosen to view and find out som peices of Comon Land 
in the South part of Worcester proper to be Sold to pay the Pro- 
prietors Just Debts, reported that there is a peice of Comon Land 
Lying on the South side of the roade Leading by mr Palmer 
Goulding and W m Caldwels houses of about two acrs more or Less 
a peice of about two acrs between the house of said Goulding & 
Benj" Gates another peice of about Eight acrs Lying Easterly and 
adjovning to the Land of mr Geshom Rice and about 90 acrs near 
Chestnut hill Each of which peices the Com tee are of opinion are 
Suitable to be sold for to pay the Said Pjoprietors Debts & other- 
wise disposed of as the Proprietors Shall Se Cause 



228 Records of the Proprietors. [1732. 

voted that Each of said peices Excepting the a bove mentioned 
ninty acrs, be Sold to the highest bidder for the use of said pro- 
prietors & the money be paid into the Proprietors Treasoror that 
shall be Chosen 

voted that William Jenison Esq r Deacon Dan" : Heywood & mr 
James Moore be a Com tee to Sell the Land above said agreeable to 
the vote a bove said 

voted that Deacon Dan 1 Heywood be Treaseror for said Pro- 
prietors to Receive their money, & to pay it out agreeable to their 
order. 

voted that mr moses Rice be desired to waite on Cap 1 David 
Haynes and Desir him to Return y e platts of y e Comon Land in 
the South part and Inform us of his order from the Hon ble Com tee 
relating t® y e road thro A the town at the next adjournment 
[184] voted that this Present meeting be adjourned to the Last 
tuseday of December next at ten of the Clock fore noon at the 
meeting house in Said town Benj a Flagg Ju r moderator 

at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
Land in the South part of Worcester met at the meeting house in 
Worcester on Tuseday the 26 th Day of December 1732 by an ad- 
journment from the fourteenth Day of November 1732 

voted that the Present meeting be adjourned to the house of mr 
Tho s Starnes Inholder in Said town for one hour then being mett 
at the house of the Said mr Starnes at Said time 

voted at Said meeting that in answer to the Petion of Dan" : 



*t> 



Gookin Esq r the Sd Proprietors do Grant to Said Dan 1 Gookin 
Esqr his heirs and assignes a Convenient building place not to 
Exceed half an acre at or near the Litle Knowle near the meeting 
house in Worcester where the Rev d mr Burr began to digg a Cel- 
lar Said building place to be Staked out at the descretion of a 
Com ,ee to be Chosen by Said Proprietors this Grant made upon 
Condition that Said Dan 1 Gookin Esq r build & Settle on the same 

voted that Henry Lee Esq r mr James Taylor & W' n Jenison 
Esq r be a Com 101 ' for the above Said Services & make return at the 
next adjornment 



1 733-3 Worcester, Massachusetts. 229 

voted at Said meeting that a Com ,ee of three men be Chosen to 
Consider what may be proper to allow mr Moses Rice in Land 
adjoyning to his Dwelling house in Consideration of Som third 
Division Land which Said Rice Saith is his Due in the South part 
of Worcester 

voted y' Benj" Flagg Jur William Jenison Esq r and mr James 
Tayler be a Com tee for the above Said Service and make return at 
the next adjournment 

voted that Cap' Haynes be desired to attend at the next ad- 
journment with his Survey of the undivided Land in the South 
part of Worcester and that the Clerk inform him of the Same 

voted that the Present meeting be adjourned to the Last Tuse- 
day of January next at ten of the Clock fore noon then to meet 
at the House of mr Thomas Stearnes Inholder in Worcester 

attests Benj" Flagg Ju r moderator 



[185] at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undi- 
vided Land in the South part of Worcester met at the house of m r 
Thomas Stearns in Worcester on the Last tuseday of January 
1732-3 by an adjournment from Tuseday the 26: of December 
1732 

voted that Deacon Dan 1 Heywood m r James Tayler & Cap' 
Jonas Rice be a Com tee to Examin the the ac* of the Com ,ee who 
were Chosen to sue for and recover the Possession of y e Lott 
Called the mill Lott with the after Divisions, and said Com tee to 
make report as soon as possible 

voted that the meeting be adjourned for one half our then to 
meet at the house of the above Said Stearnes, & being mett att Sd 
time & place 

the Com ,ee : mentioned to Sue for the Said Lands brought in 
their ace' which is as followeth the ace" of W m Jenison & Henry 
Lee Esq" for Carrying on the aclion for the recovering the Land 
Called the mill Lands (viz) 



230 Records of the Proprietors. [ T 733- 

at the Inferiour Court for ye Jury our time & Expense ,£4-10-0 

for time in going to boston to see an attorney 1 - 0-0 

for Expenses in serving the Execution our time & to 

pay the Sheriff 4 - 10 - o 

at the Superiour Court for Coppying ye Case 1 - 0-0 

to Entring ye action & Jurys fees 2 - 5-0 

for our time & for attorneys fees 3 - 0-0 

we the Subscribers being a Com tee to Examin the ace 1 " of the 

Com tee a bove Sd find Due to them and the Sheriff ^16 19-0 

Dan 1 Heywood") 
James Tayler V Com te 
Jonas Rice ) 

voted that the above ace 1 be alowed and that the Sum of Six- 
teen pounds nine Shillings be paid by the Proprietors Treasurer 
to the Com te appointed to Sue for the Land above mentioned in 
full discharge for theire time and money Expended in Sd Service 

at Said meeting the following report was offered to the Pro- 
prietors 

[186] Whereas we the Subscribers being a Com fee to Sell Several 

Peices of Land in the South part of Worcester one peice of Land 

Lying between Land Laid out to mr Salters right and a town 

road one peice between the Land of Palmer Goulding & abraham 

Wheelers Land one peice more between the Land of Gershom 

Rice and Benj a Flagg Senior we having appointed fryday the 26 : 

day of this month to Sell Said Lands - and the Peice y 1 Lyeth 

adjoyning to Said Salters Land & Said Road moses Rice hath 

bought at three pounds & one Shilling per acre and the other 

peice Lying between Said Goulding & Sd Wheelers Lands Benj a : 

Flagg Junior hath bought at thirty Six Shillings per acre, the other 

peice Lying between Said Benj a Flagg Senior & Gershom Rices 

Lands bought by William Jenison Esq r at twenty Shillings per acre 

W m Jenison ] 

January the 30 th 1732-3 Dan 1 : Heywood [- Com'" : 



James Moore 1 



^SS-J Worcester , Massachusetts. 231 

voted at Said meeting that the above report be accepted and 
that Each of the above named moses Rice Benj a Flagg Jur & W m 
Jenison Esq r Shall have Each of the above Said Peices of Land 
which they have bought of Said Com tee : and their [sic] or Either 
of them Shall upon their paying So much per acre as is above 
mentioned be intitled to the Land Sold as a bove Said the money 
to be paid when the Land is Surveyed 

voted that W" 1 Jenison Esq r Dan 1 Heywood & James Moore be 
a Com tee to provide a Surveyor & git the Several peices of Land 
Sold as above Said Surveyed & return platts of the Same at the 
next adjournment 

at Said meeting the following report was offered whereas we 
the Subscribers being a Com tee appointed to lay out a peice of Land 
Granted to Dan 1 Gookin Esq r to build upon in the South half part 
of Worcester and near the place where m' Burr began to digg a 
Cellar near the meeting house [187] which peice is not to Contain 
above half an acre we accordingly measured of to Said Dan 1 Gookin 
Esq r a peice of Land Containing about Seventy rod more or Less : 
begining at a white oak tree on the South E^ast Side of the road 
near the house ef Dan 1 Ward and So runing ten rods by the Land 
of Dan 1 Heywood & Dan 1 Ward and So Seven rod in wedth 

W™ Jenison ~) 
January 30" 1 1732-3 Henry Lee V Com te : 

James Taylor ) 

comun 




voted at Said meeting y l the above report be accepted & re- 
corded and that the Said Esq r Gookin his heirs and assignes Shall 



232 



Records of the Proprietors. 



h733- 



have a title to the Land Provided that he build and Live on the 
Same 

reported at Said meeting as follows Persuant to a vote of the 
Proprietors of the Comon and undivided Land in the South part 
of Worcester made at their meeting on tuseday the 26 day of de- 
cember 1732 appointing us the Subscribers a Com te to Consider 
what might be proper to allow m r moses Rice in Land adjoyning 
to his Dwelling house in Consideration of Some third Division 
Land which Said Rice Saith is Due to him in the South part of 
Worcester have Concluded to allow Said Rice 110 rod of Land 
adjoyning to the house he now dwells in Said hundred & ten rod 
to begin at a heap of Stons northerly of Said Dwelling house ad- 
joyning to the high way or Comon Land and Runs East 29 : d" : S 
Eleven rod to Stons Second angle South 29 Deg s : west ten rod to 
Stones third angle W 29 Degs n : Eleven rod to Stones fourth 
angle a Straite Line to the Stons first above mentioned Said 
Land is bounded westerly by the road or Comon Every [188] 
way Else by undivided Land as is Signified in the Piatt here- 
with returned Said Land to be in full Satisfaction for Said third Di- 
vision all which is Subjected for the Proprietors Confirmation : 

W" Jenison \ 

January 30 th 1732-3 James Taylor [-Com 1 "' 

Benj a Flagg Ju r ) 

voted that the above report be accepted and the Plan recorded 
in the Proprietors Book which is hereafter recorded 

undivided Land 
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voted at Said meeting that Cap' David Haynes be desired to 
make return of his Survey of all the undivided Land in the South 



1 733-] Worcester, Massachusetts. 233 

part of Worcester by the next adjournment if he Expects to have 
any thing for * he hath alredy done in the matter 

voted that the meeting be adjourned to the house of mr Dan 1 
Heywood in Worcester on the third tuseday of may next at one 
of the Clock after noone attests Benj a Flagg Ju r moderator 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
land in the South part of Worcester mett by an adjournment on 
the third tuseday of may 1733 

voted at Said meeting that Said meeting be adjourned to the 
Last munday of august ne[x]t at one of the Clock after noon at 
the house of mr Thorn" Stearns in Worcester 

Benj a Flagg Ju r moderator 



[189] at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undi- 
vided Land in the South part of Worcester met at the house of mr 
Tho' Starnes in Worcester on munday the 27 th day of august 1733, 

by an adjournment from the third tuseday of may 1733 

voted that the remainder of the third Division Due to mr Petter 

Gouldings right be recorded as returned by Capt Haynes — 
voted : at Said meeting that W ni Jenison Esq r Deacon Nat" : Moore 
Liest Thomas Starnes messieurs James Hambleton & Rob*. 
Blare be a Com ,ee fully Impowered in behalf of the Proprie- 
tors to Joyn in Setling and renewing the bounds between the 
South & north part of Worcester with Such persons as are 
Chosen by the Proprietors of Said north part for that purpose 
Whereas there hath been Som dispute for a Considerable time be- 
tween the towns of Worcester and Leicester relating to the 
preambulating the bounds between Said towns : the Select- 
men Of Leicester refuseing to Joyn with the Selectmen of 
Worcester in running the Line between Sd towns agreeable to 
worcesters anciant platt Therefore 

PROP. RKC , Q 



234 Records of the Propi'ietors. [ 1 7 3 3 . 

voted at Said meeting that Henry Lee Esq r mr Benj a Flagg, and 
Benj a Flagg Jur be a Com tee to assist the Selectmen of Wor- 
cester in that affair, and in Case Said dispute Shall not be 
other wise Settled to assist the Said Selectmen of Worcester 
in prosecuting the affair to Effect in the behalf of the Pro- 
prietors in Such way & manner as they Shall think best at the 
Charg of the Proprietors 

Whereas there are Sundry Divisions in the South part of Worces- 
ter [190] not yet returned nor recorded Therefore 

voted : that Benj a Flagg Ju r the Proprietors Clerk be desired to 
inform Cap' David Haynes that he bring to the Proprietors 
at their next meeting all his Survey of the land in the South 
part of Worcester not yet returned perticulerly all Such of y e 
Second & third Division not yet returned & recorded 

voted at Said meeting that the Present meeting be adjourned to 
the Last Tuseday of Sep r next at one of the Clock afternoon 
at the house of mr Tho" Starnes in Worcester 

Benj a Flagg Ju r moderator 



att a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon & undivided Land 

in the South part of Worcester met on the Last tuseday of Sep r 

1733 : by an adjournment from august 27 th : 1733 

Whereas it hath been intamated y' y e Second Division of mr Dan 1 

Biglo interferes with meado laid out to mr James Rice late of 

Worcester Deceased therefore 

voted : that Deacon Nat" : Moore & mr Gershom Rice Ju r assist 

Cap 1 Haynes in rectifying the mistake if any be & return the 

Same to the Proprietors 

voted that the Six rod left thro v the town of Worcester to Leicester 
Called the new road, be reduced to three rod wide and the 
other three rod to be disposed off as the Proprietors Shall Se 
Cause — it being intamated that a Division of Land now in y e 
Possession of John cult on Esq 1 " lying on and adjoyning to litle 
prospick hill interferes with the other lands laid out & record- 
ed therefore — 



1 733-] Worcester, Massachusetts. 235 

voted that mr Dan 1 Ward & Robert Blare be a Com" 1 ' to assist 
Cap' Haynes in rectifying Sd mistake if any be & return the 

Same in order to be recorded 

voted that Bern" Flagg Jur Henry Lee Esqr & maj r Jonas Rice be 
a Com" 1 ' to Stake out the three rod thro* the town of Worces- 
ter Supposed to be a Road [191] Called the new Road be- 
gining at Esq r Lees Corner Extending westward to Leicester 
line, and make return in order to be recorded in the Proprie- 
tors Book 

whereas there is an allowance of Six rod wide a cross the land 
Laid out to the Hon ble Com'* for Worcester as well as Six rod 
in wedth at the head of Said lands therefore 

voted that Six rod lyeing at the head of Said lands be deemed 
as Comon & undivided to be disposed of by the Proprietors 

voted that 100 acres of the pooreist land on mill Stone hill be 
left Comon for the use of the Town for building Stones 

voted y 1 a com tee of five men be Chosen to value the several 
peaces of Comon land in the South part of Worcester in order for 

an Equel distribution 

voted that Cap' Hayns be allowed ten pounds for his- Sevice in 
Surveying & plating all the peices of Comon land in the South part 
of Worcester he paying the Chain men and finishing the Same 
within Six months 

voted that maj r Rices Petition be refered to the next meeting 
voted that the present meeting be adjourned to the Last tuseday 
of December next to meet at the House of mr Thomas Stearns in 
Worcester at ten of the Clock fore noon 

Benj a Flagg Ju r moderator 



Worcester October : 10 : 1 728 

Laid out to Palmer Goulding ninteen acrs & thirty five rod in 
Worcester in two peices namely nine acrs & thirty five rod near 
the South East Corner of Worcester South of lenards medow 
bounded northerly by land laid out to mr alien partly & partly by 



236 



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moors land East by Gouldings land — also ten acrs more of land 
Laid out South of Joshua Rices field & So bounded north by said 
field, Easterly by a road Southerly by Land Laid out to m r James 
Rice Said land is laid out as part of a third Division to the right 
of mr Peter Gould[ing?] deceased 

Surveyed by David Haynes 



9 acres 
35 icd 



32 rod 




Voted that these Platts be recorded in case not recorded before 



[192] June 25 : 1733 laid out to W m Jenison Esqr forty five 

acrs of land as part of a third Division to the Right of Peter Gold- 
ing on halls right Said land lyeth near the S E Corner of the town 
has allowance for swagg of Chain, Som allowance for bad land, to 
make it Equel with others lotts Bounded Southerly by Worcester 
line West by land in possession of Judge Palmer northerly by land 
laid out to Jonathan moore in part & partly by coraon & by land 
laid out to Palmer Gouldin &: part by mr Foxcrofts land as Signi- 
fied in the plat Surveyed David Haynes 



1733-1 



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237 



voted this Plat be recorded in case the full of the third Division 
of said right be not recorded before 



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45 acres & I 
allowance 



Golding 



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Worcester oclo r 16 : 1728 laid out to the wido Joanah Ward 
Eight acrs & half of Land in Worcester on the west side of beaver 
brook bounded South by land in possession of obediah Ward East 
by marked trees of the meadow lotts north by ministerial land west 
by Rices land or comon as Signified in y e platt also five acrs more 
Joyning to the road leading to pine meadow & is bounded north 
by said road Southerly by the land formerly granted & laid out for 
the hig[h] way by y e mills South west by y e way to the meeting 
house west comon land this 5 acrs of land lyes on y e plain below 
y e burying place and is in part for third Division 

Surveyed by David Haynes 

it was voted these Platts be recorded in case the full of third 
Division was not recorded before 



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8 acrs & half 



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238 Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 733- 

[193] Worcester oftober 18 : 1728 Persuant to a Grant of 

the Hon d Com tee & by order of the Proprietors I have laid out to 
Tho 9 Sternes in Worcester on the right of mr Curtis in part for his 
third Division Sixty four acrs & 34 rod of land in Worcester in Six 
parcels as namly thirty acrs of land northerly of north pond hill 
Joyning to the Dividing line and So bounding north by Said line 
west by land laid out to the Right of Cap 1 Curtis to Robert Peibles 
bounded East by land in the possession of Esq 1 Winthrop South- 
erly by land in the Possession of Richard Temple — also 
Six acrs 40 rod more of land Joyning to Boggachoage bounded 
Easterly on the land of James Hambleton north by comon land 
bounded south & north by land laid out to the right of Dan 1 Liv- 
ermoore & Georg Danson with allowance — also Sixteen acrs & 
half Joyning to the n w side of his house Lott & so bounded East- 
erly by Sd house Lott north by land in possession of John Stearns 
westerly by land in possession of Esq r oulton & Southerly by Dan 1 
Wards land & partly west — also Eight acrs & sixty two rod more 
on the East side of beaver brook bounded westerly by the meadow 
lotts & South by Joshua Rice meadow Easterly by land in the 
Possession of Dan 1 Ward north by Tho s Starnes own land — also 
one acre & 112 rod joyning to the S E corner of his house lott 
bounded north by his house lott South by the Comon Easterly by 
the Country road as signified in these platts this 64 acrs & 34 rod 
is in part of Tho s Starnes third Division also one acre & 100 rod 
near to Jacob Holms house Joyning to his land Easterly bounded 
Westerly by nickels land northerly by town road as Signified in the 
Piatt Surveyed by David Haynes 

These plats recorded in case not before recorded 



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LAMO 




[194] at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undi- 
vided land in the South part of Worcester met by an adjournment 
on the last tuseday of December 1 733 

voted that Cap' Daniel Heywood Benj a Flagg Ju r m r moses Rice 
Thomas Haggett & Richard Ward be a Com tee to measure 
and renew the Bounds of a peice of undivided land in the 
South part of Worcester lying between the land formerly laid 
out to Col minott now in the Possession of william Gray, and 
the Country road as it now is laid out and that Said Comtee 
give legal notice to Sd Gray to renew bounds with Said Com tee 
in behalf of the Proprietors, and report thereof th be made to 
the Proprietors 
voted that the Same Com tee be hereby impowered to renew bounds 
in behalf of the Proprietors with any of y e perticuler Proprie- 
tors in the South part as ocasion Shall be at the Charge of 
the Proprietors 



240 Records of the Proprietors. [1734. 

voted at Said meeting in answer to the Petition of maj r Jonas Rice 
that the Proprietors do Grant unto Said Jonas Rice his heirs 
& assignes for ever forty acrs of land to be laid out in the un- 
divided land in the South part of Worcester in Consideration 
of Service don by him for the town & Proprietors in bringing 
forward the Settlement of the Town of Worcester 

voted that William Jenison Henry Lee Esq" & Cap' Dan 1 Hey- 
wood be a Com ,ee to gitt the Same Surveyed in the Comon 
abovesd and return the Same to the Clerk to be recorded in 
the Proprietors Book : W m Caldwell Benj a : Gates & mathew 
Gray deserrted against Selling or giving away any of their 
lands before it was divided 

voted that the present meeting be adjourned to the last tuseday of 
February next at one of y e Clock afternoon at the house of 
of rar Tho" Starnes inholder in Worcester 

attests Benj" Flagg Ju r mod r : 



Pursuant to a vote of the Proprietors of the Comon and undi- 
vided land in the South part of Worcester made at their meeting 
on the last tuseday of December 1733 we have laid out by a Sur- 
veyor forty acrs of Land with the usual allowance for Swagg of 
Chain in the Comon & undivided lands in the Sd South part of 
Worcester to maj r Jonas Rice his heirs and assignes forever lying 
on both sides of french River [195] Bounded Every way as dis- 
cribed in this platt herewith returned under the hand of Benj" 
Flagg Jur Surveyor and do hereby agree that the Same be recorded 
& Entered in the Proprietors Book of records 
Dated January the Seventh 1733-4 

William Jenison ") 
Henry Lee )■ Com ,et " 

Daniel Hevwood ) 



at the request of William Jenison Henry Lee Esq 1 ' 8 & Cap' Dan 1 
Heywood a Com tee appointed to Lay out forty acrs of Land in the 
South part of woreester to maj r Jonas Rice I have Laid out to 
Said maj Jonas Rice his heirs and assignes forty acrs of Land with 



M>. XII. 



RECORDS 



OF 



The Proprietors 



OF 



Worcester, Massachusetts. 



EDITED BY 

FRANKLIN P. RICE. 



In Four Parts : 

PART IV. 




WORCESTER, MASS. : 
THE WORCESTER SOCIETY OF ANTIQUITY. 

l88l. 

U. S. A., CV. 



1 734-] 



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241 



one in thirty allowed for Swagg of Chain Said land lyeth on boih 
sides of French River bounded westerly by the land of Thomas 
•Parker in part and in part by Coraon land and Every way Else by 
Co mon land as signified in the platt hereafter Entered 

Surveyed by Benj a Flagg Ju r 
January 7 : 1733-4 



S 2° W 130 ROD 



c:iMOl\l 




SMALLWAI.NUTT 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
land in the South part of Worcester mett by an adjournment on the 
last tuseday of February 1 733-4 

voted that a letter be sent by the moderator to Cap' David 
Haynes Signifying it Sends in all the Platts of the third Divisions 
yet wanting in the South part of Worcester & that the Proprietors 
Expect that he Compleats Surveying & returns the Platts of all the 
undivided land in y e South part of Worcester according to the vote 
of the Proprietors the time for the Same to be done will be Ex- 
pired by the [196] Last tuseday of march next 

voted that the Present meeting be adjourned to the Last tuseday 
of march next at the meeting house Worcester at one of y e Clock 
afternoon Benj" Flagg Ju r moderator 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
Land in the South part of Worcester met by an adjournment on 
prop. ri:c. T 



242 Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 734. 

the last tuseday of march 1 734 at the meeting house in Said Wor- 
cester 

voted that Said meeting be adjourned for half an hour then to 

meet at the house of Cap 1 Dan 1 Heywoods in Said Worcester — 

then mett at time & place — the Com tee appointed to Survey the 

Comon land in Worcester adjoyning to the Land formerly laid out 

to Col. Stephen minott reported as followeth . 

Pursuant to a vote of the Proprietors of the Comon and undi- 
vided land in the South part of Worcester appointing the Subscri- 
bers a Com tee to Survey and renew the Bounds of a peice of un- 
divided Land in the South part of Worcester lying between the 
Land formerly laid out to Coll Stephen minott deceased and the 
Country Road as it is now laid out, haveing given legal notice to 
William Gray who posseses the Said land laid out to Said minott to 
renew bounds with us in behalf of the Said Proprietors who re- 
fusing so to do we proceeded to Survey the Said Comon & undi- 
vided land and find three acrs 120 rod in the Same all which is 
Submitted to the Proprietors for their further Pleasure 

Dan' Heywood , 
Worcester march 19 : 1733-4 Richard Ward f Com ,e " 

Thomas Haggett i 
Benf Flagg Ju r -f 

voted at Said meeting that this report be accepted and recorded 
and that the Said three acrs, & hundred & twenty rod be Esteemed 
the Proprietors land 

Whereas Cap' David Haynes was formerly appointed [197] and 
Chosen to Survey and return the third Divisions In the South part 
of Worcester to the Clerk to be recorded as also to Survey & platt 
all the undivided Land that Shall be remaining after the third di- 
vision is Compleated in the South part of Worcester the Proprietors 
haveing adjourned their Sales Sundry times to waite for the Corn- 
pleating Said work which Said Haynes hath not done Therefore 

voted that the Proprietors will Choose another Surveyer to finish 
Said Worcester 

voted at Said meeting that Bern'" : Flagg Ju r be the Surveyer to 
Compleat the above Said work 



1 734-] Worcester, Massachusetts. 243 

voted that Robert Peibles Gershom Rice Ens : Dan 1 Ward Cap' 
Dan" : Heywood L' Thomas Stearns & James Hamilton be Chain 
men to attend the Surveyer in Said work 

voted that the third Division yet to be laid out be recorded 
without laying the Same before the Proprietors at their meeting — 
at the motion of mr Jacob Holmes mr James Taylor Cap' Dan" 
Heywood & William Jenison Esq r were appointed a Com tee to make 
inquiery to a certain mistake that was supposed to be made in the 
Laying out Said Holmes Division Land, & to make return to the 
Proprietors concerning the Same 

voted that the Same Com' ce , at the motion and Charge of Rich- 
ard Temple, be desired to make inquiry into a mistake Supposed 
to [be made] in the Laying out of the Lands Said Temple bought 
of Jams Knap and return the Same to the Proprietors 

voted that all the Proprietors of Lands in the South part of Wor- 
cester that have not their Proportion of Land yet Laid out & re- 
corded, are desired to bring in their Claims to the Proprietors 
Clerk within nine months in order to be laid before the Proprietors 
who may not Expect any assistance of the Proprietors in y' affair 
after Said time 

voted y' 2 1 acrs returned by Cap' Haynes to Thos Palmer be 
recorded if not before recorded 

voted that the meeting be adjourned to the third Tuseday of 
Tune next at one of the Clock afternoon then to meet at the Court 
house in Worcester attests Benf Flagg Ju r moderator 



[198] Worcester October : 1733 

Laid out to Thomas Palmer Esqr his heirs and assigns forever 
in Said Worcester twenty one acrs of Land Joyning to the dividing 
line and So bounded northerly by Said line bounded westerly by 
Land in the Possession of mr Palmer Bounded Southerly & East- 
erly by Comon land as Signified in this platt four acrs of this 
twenty one was Laid out on the Right of Cap' Nathaniel Jones in 
part of his Gratuity the other Seventeen acrs was Granted to mr 
Palmer Esq r for what he wanted at Bladder Pond hill 

Surveyed by David Haynes 



244 



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S 5<i E So rod 



to 



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to mr Palmer Esqr 21 acrs 
Joyning to his Great farm 



4i 



o 

— 



S 5 ds E 80 rod 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
land in the South part of Worcester met by an adjournment from 
the last tuseday of march 1734 to the last tuseday of June 1734 

voted that the present meeting be adjourned to the first tuseday 
of September next at one of the Clock afternoon to meet at the 
house of Cap' Dan' Heywoods in Worcester 

Benj" Flagg Ju r moderator 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
Land in the South part of Worcester regerly met on the first tuse- 
day of Sep r : 1 734 

voted that y e report and Survey of the Comon land near and ad- 
joyning to the meeting house in Worcester Containing Eleven 
acrs & 140 rod including the Burial place & Roads thro A the 
Same be accepted and that the plan returned at this meeting 
by missurs Thomas Stearns moses Rice & Benj a Flagg Jur be 
recorded in the Book to remain as Comon Land and not to 
be Laid out as Division Land to any Proprietor 

voted at the request of mr Jonathan Gates that William Jenison 
Esq r Benj a Flagg Ju r Cap' Dan" Hey wood Gershom Rice be 
a Com' ee to Joyn with Said Gates In renewing [199] the 
Bounds between the Land Said Gates bought of Cap' Jones 
and the Comon Land Sold by the Proprietors to L' moses 
Rice which work to be done within one fortnight 

voted : that the above said Com tec measure the above said comon 
land as above said & when y e Quantity is Known Said Rice 



1 734-] Worcester, Massachusetts. 245 

paying three pound one Shilling per acre to Cap' Dan" Hey- 
wood the Proprietors Treasuror for the use of the Proprietors 
then the Clerk to record a plan of the Said Land Sold as 
a bove Said to Said Rice his heirs & assigns for ever 

voted that the Treasuror pay to W"' Jenison Esq r out of the above 
Said money what the Proprietors owe him 

voted that Henry Lee Esq r m r James Taylor & Benj a : Flagg Ju r 
be a com"' 1 ' to measure all the Comon Land adjoyning to the 
Land Cap' Heywood Sold to John Stearns that is not yet 
measured, & return a plan of y e Same to the Proprietors 

Whereas L' moses Rice &: L' Thomas Stearns hath within their 
Inclosurs Some of the Land near the meeting house which is 
to Ly as Comon — therefore 

voted that Said Persons Lay the Same open by pulling down their 
fences that So the Same may be Comon for the use of the 
Town before the first of march next 

voted that the present meeting be adjourned to the Last tuseday 
of November next at one of y e Clock afternoon at the House 
of L' moses Rice Inholder in Worcester 

Benj a Flagg Ju r moderator 



November 8 : 1 734 

Then Rec d of mr Moses Rice the Sum of twenty nine pound, ten 
Shilling in full for ten acrs of Land Sold to Said Rice by the Pro- 
prietors of the comon and undivided Land in the South part of 
Worcester I Say Rec d by me Daniell Heywood 

Proprietors Treasuror 



[200] Pursuant to a vote of the Proprietors of the comon and un- 
divided land in the South part of Worcester we have measured the 
peice of comon land in Said South part Sold by y e Proprietors to 
L' moses Rice at three pound one Shilling per acre and find it 



246 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1734- 



containing Ten acres and is bounded Every way as Signified in 
this platt recorded to Said Rice his heirs & assignes he having paid 
the Proprietors Treasurer for the Same according to bargain 

Dated Worcester November : 8 : 1 734 

William Jenison 
Dan" Heywood j 
Gershom Rice 
Benj a Flagg Ju r 



house lot Laid out to mr Salters heirs 



10 acrs Laid out to 
Lt Rice 




Pursuant to a vote of the Proprietors of the Comon and undi- 
vided land in the South part of Worcester may the 1 7" 1 : 1732 ap- 
pointing us a Comtee to return a plat of the Comon Land by the 
meeting house in Worcester haveing Surveyed the Same do find 
Eleven acrs & one hundred & forty rod [201] Including the Burial 
place and the Road thro* the Same Said Comon is Bounded as 
discribed in this platt herewith returned & Surveyed by Benj" Flagg 
all which is Submitted to the Proprietors by us 

Moses Rice \ 

Worcester Sep r 3 d : 1734 Tho' Starns ^ Com"* 

Benj" Flagg Ju r ) 



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at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon Land in the South 
part of Worcester met by an adjournment on the Last Tuseday of 
November 1 734 

voted y' Said meeting be adjourned to the 10 th day of February 
next at one of y e Clock afternoon at the house of L' moses Rice 
Inholder in Worcester attests Benj a : Flagg Ju r moderator 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
land in the South part of Worcester mett on the tenth day of Feb : 

1734-5 

voted y l the Present meeting be adjourned to y e house of L' 

Thomas Stearnes in Worcester on the Last munday of march 

next at one of the Clock after noon 

Benj a : Flagg Jur moderator 



[202] at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undi- 
vided land in the South part of Worcester met by an adjournment 

on monday the 31 : of march 1735 

voted at Said meeting that W m Jenison Esqr Cap 1 Dan 1 Heywood 
mr James Tayler who were appointed a Com te to mak In- 
quiery in to a mistake Supposed to be mad in the Laying out 



248 Records of the Proprietors. V x l^- 

Jacob Holmes Second Division are desired further to Inquire 
in to Said mistak found by Said Com te and to make an allow- 
ance Equivilent to Said Holmes in the undivided land in the 
South part of Worcester and Said Com tee or any two of them 
are (at the Charg of Said Holmes) impowered to lay out 
Such Equivelent in the Comon land by a Surveyor & make 
return of the Same to y c Proprietors as Soon as may be 
voted at Said meeting that W m Jenison Esqr Cap 1 Dan 1 Heywood 
mr Gershom Rice & Benj a : Flagg Ju r or the maj r part of 
them be a Com tee to measure the peice of Comon land Sold 
to W Jenison Esq r by the Proprietors Com"' e on the twenty 
Sixth day of January 1732-3 and when the quantity of acrs 
Shall be Known & Said Jenison hath paid or given Security 
to pay to Cap' Dan 1 Heywood Treasuror for the use of the 
Proprietors the Sum of twenty Shillings per acr then the Clerk 
is hereby ordered to record Said land Sold as a bove Said to 
Said Jenison his heirs & assignes forever 

voted also that the a bove Said Com ,ce or the maj r part of them 
measure the peice of Comon Land Sold by the Proprietors 
Com tee on the twenty Sixth day of January : 1732-3 : to Bcnj" 
Flagg Ju r : and when the numbers of acrs is Known «S: Said 
Flagg hath paid or given Security to pay to Cap' Heywood 
Treasuror the Sum of thirty Six Shillings per acre for the use 
of the Proprietors the Said Land Sold as abovesaid to be re- 
corded to Said Flagg his heirs and assigns forever 

[203] voted that W" 1 Jenison Henry Lee Esq" and Cap' moses 
Rice be a Com tee to Consider of the request of Thomas 
Adams — (viz) to have the Consent of the Proprietors to Shut 
up a Certain town road leading from maj r Jonas Rices thro* 
Said Adams by y e house of Ephraim Rice in Consideration of 
y e County Road riming thro* Said Adams Land Elsewhere 
Said Com le *' to make return to y* Proprietors their opinion of 
y' affair 

voted that the present meeting be adjourned to y* house of Cap' 

Dan 1 Heywood in Worcester on the first tused of June next at 

one of the Clock afternoon 

Benj a Flagg Ju r moderator 



1 735.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 249 

April 21 : 1735 

then Rec d of W m Jenison Esqr Security for the payment of 
W" Jenison Esqr Security for the payment of twenty three pound 
fifteen Shillings for the use of y e Proprietors in full for twenty three 
& thre quarters of Land Sold to Said Jenison by the Proprietors of 
the Comon land in the South part of Worcester 

I Say Rec d by me Daniel Heywood 



April 21 : 1735 

then Rec d of Benj" Flagg Jur Security for the t payment often 
pound Sixteen Shillings for y e use of the Proprietors of y e South 
part of Worcester in full for Six acrs of land Sold to Said Flagg by 
Said Proprietors I Say Rec d by me Daniel Heywood 



[204] Pursuant to a vote of the Proprietors of the Comon and 
undivided land in the South part of Worcester we the Subscribers 
have measured the peice of Comon land in Said South part Sold 
by Said proprietors to W ra Jenison Esq r at twenty Shillings per acre 
and find it to Contains twenty three acr's and one hundred & 
twenty rod and is Bounded Every way as discribed in this platt 
herewith recorded to Sd Jenison his heirs & assignes for ever he 
haveing given Security for the payment of Said twenty Shillings per 
acre according to the vote of the Proprietors 

dated Worcester april 21 : 1735 Gershom Rice 

Dan 1 Heywood \ Comtee 
Benj a Flagg Ju r 



FKOP. REC. 



250 



Records of the Proprietors. 



[1735- 



jBenja Flagg 
Sen: land 




[205] Pursuant to a vote of the the Proprietors of the Comon and 
undivided land in the South part of Worcester we the Subscribers 
have measured the peice of Comon land Sold by Said Proprietors 
to Benj a Flagg Jur at thirty Six Shillings per acre and find it con- 
tains Six acr's with allowance of thirty six rod for road a cross the 
Same and is Bounded Every way as discribed in this platt here 
with recorded to Said Flagg his heirs & assigns for ever he having 
given Security for the payment of Said Six acrs according to the 
vote of Said Proprietors Worcester april 21 : 1735 

William Jenison ~\ 



Dan 1 Heywood ^ Comtee 
Gershom Rice ) 



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[206] Worcester October the 15 : 1737 

Laid out to Thomas Palmer Esqr twelve acrs and 1 26 Rod of Land 
in Worcester on the north Side the new Road at y e n E : Corner 
of his great Farm Joyning to Som Land Laid to the Said Thomas 
Palmer Esqr before this 12 acrs & 126 rod of Land formerly laid 
out on both Sides y e new Road an by a mistake Laid on Land of 
James Butler and So Could not be there and is removed from 
thence to the N Easterly Corner of his great farm and other Lands 
there and So Bounded westerly by Land in the Possession of Esqr 
Palmer Bounded north by the Dividing Line bounded East & South 
by Comon land and marked trees &: Stons as Signified in this platt 
this 12 acrs & 126 rod of land is in full Satisfaction for what the 
Said Palmer Esqr lost by Butlers Lot Lying on part of Said Palm- 
ers Land which he purchased of Cap' Jones and is now laid out to 
Tho 9 Palmer Esq r at the n : East Corner of his other Lands ad- 
joyning to the Same to the Said Thomas Palmer his heirs & as- 
signes for ever as it is butted & Bounded, and Signified in this 
Platt & was Surveyed $ me David Haynes 



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[207] Worcester ss To Cap* Benj a Flagg of the Town of Wor- 
cester in the County of Worcester Gentleman, and Clerk of the 
Proprietors of the South half part of Worcester a fore Said Greet- 
ing 

whereas Seven of the Said Proprietors have made application to 
me the Subscriber one of his majesties Justices of the Peace for 
Said County for a warrent for Calling a meeting of Said Proprietors 
to Consider and a6l upon the following particulars 

I to obtain a full and certain account of the Several peices or 
parcels of Land in the Said South half that are yet unapropreated 

II : to lott and Sett of the Said parcels of Land to the Proprie- 
tors in proportion to their Respective Rights 

III : to Confirm Such Grants of Land as have been lately made 
in order to their being put upon record 

IV to dispose of any peice or peices of Land to prevent Con- 
troversy arising, or damage from accruing to particuler Persons 

V to tak an account of any Debts due from the Proprietors and 
to dispose of So much land as will be Sufficiant to discharge the 
Same 

VI to Call the Several Com tees that have been appointed to an 
ace' : for what they have acted in the affairs Comitted to them — 

VII : to agree upon a method for Calling future meetings 

VIII to See if the Proprietors will reconsider their former vote 
about dividing the Cedar Swamps in Said South part and to dis- 
pose of them Som other way as the Proprietors Shall See Cause 

IX for the Proprietors to take Such Effectual method as Shall 
dispossess Such person or persons who are in the Possession of 
any of the Comon or undivided Lands in Said South part 

X to act on any other matter or thing which the Sircumstances 
or Benifitt of the Proprietors Requier as $ their application here- 
with dilivered to you will appear 

,'"^\ These are therefore in his majesties name to require 

^ / you forthwith to notify the Said Proprietors of the South 

part of Worcester a fore Said that they assemble and meet 

together on monday the thirteenth day of February next at one of 



1 73^-] Worcester \ Massachusetts. 253 

the Clock in the after noon at the house of Cap' Daniel Heywoods 
in Said Worcester Inholder then & there to Transact on the fore- 
going perticulers and make due Return hereof with your doings 
herein to Said Proprietors at the time of their meeting Given 
under my hand and Seal in Worcester this 27 th : day of January 
In the Eleventh year of his majesties ReignAnno Dom : 1737-8 

John Chandler : Jur 



[208] Worcester Feb: 13 th : 1737-8 

In obedience to this warrent I have Warned the Proprietors of 
the Comon and undived Land in the South part of Worcester to 
meet & assemble at time & place within mentioned to act on the 
within perticulers, by posting the Same according to the direction 
of the Law attests Benj a Flagg Ju r Proprietors Clerk 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Common & undivided 
Land in the South part of Worcester Legally met at the house of 
Cap' Dan" Heywoods inholder in Said Town on munday the 13" 1 
day of February 1737-8 

at Said meeting Cap' Dan" Heywood was Chosen moderator 
attests : Benj a Flagg Jur Proprietors Clerk 

voted at Said meeting that Benj" : Flagg Jur mr Palmer Gold- 
ing Henry Lee Esqr mr Gershom Rice Ju" and Robert Blare be a 
com tee : to Survey the Several Peices of Comon and undivided 
Land in the South half of Worcester that is not as yett Surveyed ; as 
Shall be in formed of by the Proprietors at any time and return 
an ace' of the Same in order to proportion the Same to Each Pro- 
prietor according to their respective Rights 

voted that the above named Benj a : Flagg be the Surveyor for 
the Same 

at Said meeting William Jenison Esqr Cap' Daniel Heywood & 
mr James Taylor formerly appointed a Committee to Inquire into 
the mistake Supposed to be in the Survey of mr Jacob Holmes 
Second Division and make return of the Same 



254 Records of the Propi'ietors. [ 1 738. 

Reported that Said Holmes Lines Interfereing Caused [h]is 
measure to fall Short, and that they are of opinion that Said Holmes 
be allowed to Lay out by the Surveyer and Chain men fifteen acrs 
of Land in Som one peice of the Comon & undivided lands in 
Said South half in full Satisfaction of his division that was found 
wanting in the measure — 

voted that the a bove report be accepted and that the Clerk 

Record the Same when Returned to him 

[209] voted that the a[bove] com ,ee chosen for measuring the 
Comon land, are appointed & chosen to lay out and return to be 
recorded what is wanting in the Survey of Thomas Palmer Esqr 
by reason of the Interfereing of the Lines with other Lands, and 
also a Certain mistake in the Land of Esqr oulton at Little pros- 
pick, as also to make up what is wanting by Reason of the mistake 
in Land laid out to the wido Joannah ward all to be done at their 
Charge, and that they be returned to the Clerk to be recorded 

voted that Adam Winthrop Esqr, mr Cornelius waldo william 
Jenison Esqr Benjamin Flagg Jur & Cap' Dan 11 Haywood, be a 
Committee to call Proprietors meetings for the future as there 
Shall be ocasion and to post the Same according to Law 

voted that this meeting be adjourned to the house of mr Thomas 
Stearns inholder in this town, on the first munday of april next at 
one of the Clock afternoon Dan" : Heywood moderator 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
Land in the South part of Worcester met by an adjournment on 
the first munday of april i 738 — 

a Letter being Communicated at Said meeting by the moderator 
from the Hon ble Adam Winthrop Esqr wherein he complains that 
his Lands Laid out at Tatnick hill falls short in the measure in an- 
swer to which it is voted that the affair be referred to the next ad- 
journment for further information 

voted that Benj a Flagg Jur mr Palmer Golding Henry Lee Esqr 
Gershom Rice Ju r & Robert Blare be desired further to proceed 



1738.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 255 

in Surveying Such peices of Common Land in the South as hath 
not yet been Surveyed and to make report at the next meeting 
what will be proper for the Proprietors to Grant for a fourth Di- 
vision 

at the motion of Jacob Holmes Desireing to have leave to Lay 
out his Fifteen acrs of Land Granted to him at the Last meeting 
in Two peices — 

voted that the a fore mentioned Committee for measuring the 
Comons or any three of them be a Committee to consider of his 
request and make report as soon as may be w' is proper for the 
Proprietors to acl upon it and whether it may be done without 
hurting the interest of the Proprietors 

upon the Petition of mr Palmer Gouldings [210] Praying for 
Som allowance on the account of mr George Dansons Rights 

voted that Cap' Dan" Heywood Benj a Flagg Jur and mr Ger- 
shom Rice be a com ,ee to consider his request & make report as 
soon as may be w' is proper for the Proprietors to act upon it 

voted, y' the Present meeting be adjourned to the house of Cap' 
moses Rice in Worcester on the last munday of June next at twelve 
of the Clock noon Dan 11 Heywood mod r 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
Land in the South part of Worcester mett at the house of Cap 1 
moses Rice the Last munday of June 1738 being y e twenty Sixth 
day of Said June at Said meeting andrew m c farland appeared 
at Said meeting In behalf of John oulton Esqr, and motioned y l 
y e affair of Said oulton relating to the making up the measure of 
lands laid out as third Division at little Prospict to Tho s : Palmer 
Esq r & Company on y° Right of Cap' wing might be referred to 
the next meeting upon his claiming for Said oulton forty acrs laid 
out to maj r Jonas Rice 

there fore voted y' the Same be Continued and referred to the 
next meeting 



256 Records of the Proprietors. [1 738. 

voted y' the affair of m r Palmer Goulding be Continued to the 
next meeting and y' W m Jenison Esq r Cap' Dan" Heywood mr 
Joshua Eaton be aded to y e Com' ee appointed for y l affair 

voted y' the meeting be adjourned to the first munday of Sep r 
next at the house of Cap' Dan 11 Heywoods in Worcester at one of 
y e Clock afternoon Dan 11 Heywood modr 



at a meeting of y e Proprietors of Comon land in the South part 
of Worcester mett on y e first munday of Sep r 1 738 

voted y' y e meeting be adjourned to the Eleventh of Sep r 1738 
at two of y e Clock afternoon at y e house of Cap' Dan" Heywood 
in Worcester Dan 11 Heywood mod r 



att a meeting of the Proprietors of y e Comon & undivided land 
in the South part of Worcester mett on the Eleventh of Sep r 1738 

whereas in the resetling of Worcester a mong other things the 
Gen" Court ordered that when any Proprietor Setled on any old 
Claim not made out in the time of Setling when any such Claim 
was made out that y e Claimer Shall be [211] allowed the Same in 
Some other place and it so happening that forty acrs of Land Laid 
out to m r Cornelius Waldo and others near to north pond is now 
Claimed by mr Palmer Goulding on the Right of mr George Dan- 
son deceased, Said forty acrs being the Land declared forfeited by 
the Hon ble : Com' ee : In complyance to the above order 

voted that Said Palmer Goulding have leave to Lay out by a 
Surveyor & Chain men appointed by the Proprietors in the undi- 
vided lands in the Sonth part of Worcester Eighty acrs in three 
places after the Grants hereafter mentioned are laid out (viz) Ja- 
cob Holmes Grant & y e wido Whitneys ten acrs provided they are 
laid out within one month, and to be in full Satisfaction for Said 
forty acrs 

voted that Benj a Flagg Ju r as a Surveyor & Deacon Nat" moore 
& L' James Holdin as Chain men lay out the Grant made to Said 
Golding & return the Same to the Clerk to record 



^S^-] Worcester, Massachusetts. > 257 

voted that the Same com tee Lay out ten acrs to the wido Jo- 
hanah Whitney in full of her third Division which is found wanting 
in the measure and return the Same to the Clerk to record as also 
to Lay out the Grant made to Jacob Holmes & return the Same 
to be recorded — 

it being represented that a Division of Land laid out in the South 
part of Worcester to the heirs of maj r Henchman is wanting in the 
measure therefore voted that Benj a : Flagg Jur Henry Lee Esqr 
& Cap' Dan" Heywood be a Com tee to make return to the Pro- 
prietors what is wanting in Said Division at the next meeting 

voted that y a meeting be adjourned to the first munday of Octo- 
ber next at the house of L' Stearns four of y e Clock after noon 

Dan 11 Heywood moderator 



[212] at a meeting of the Proprietors of the comon and undi- 
vided land of y e South part of Worcester on the first munday of 
Sep r : 17.38 

voted : that the meeting be adjourned to the house of Cap' 
Dan" Heywoods in Worcester on munday the 27 day of Novem- 
ber next at one of the Clock afternoon Dan" Heywood mod r 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon & undivided lands 
in the South part of Worcester met on the 27 : of November 1738 

voted at Said meeting that the report of the Com' ee appointed 
to make Inquiery into y e mistake Supposed to be in y e Survey and 
record of 198 acrs of Land laid out as third division to the Heirs 
of maj 1 " Henchman be accepted and that forty Seven acr's in the 
Comon and undivided land in the South of Worcester be laid out 
in full of Said 198 acrs to be laid out after the Grants alredy made 
are Surveyed and y' y e Same Com' ee lay out the Same as above 
Said at the Charge of Said heirs 

PROP REC. 



258 Recoi'ds of the Proprietor's. [1738. 

voted y l the Expenc of this meeting being forty Shillings be paid 
by Cap' Heywood the Treasurer out of y° Proprietors money 

The Proprietors taking into Consideration the Petetion of W m 
Jenison Esq r and being very [Sensible?] it will be of great advan- 
tage to the Town to have a Tract; of Land where the School house 
is now building and being also willing to Incourage So good a work 
and also to Serve the Town there in 

voted that the note in Said Petition Referred to being Twenty 
three pounds, be put into the hands of the Present Selectmen to 
be by them Delivered up to the Petitioner upon his Giving a Deed 
of the following Tract viz' to bound South on the County land ; 
East on the Country Road, west on his own land the west bounds 
to be as the fence now Stands and Twenty feet north of the north 
[213] Side the School-house and parrallel therewith, and the Said 
Selectmen are hereby Desired to take a Deed of the Same well 
Executed in the name of the present Town Treasurer and his Suc- 
cessors in perpetual Succession to and for the use and Service of 
the inhabitants of the South half of Worcester for the Conveniency 
of Setting a School-house 

upon the motion made in behalf of the Heirs of Stephen minot 
EsqMate'of Boston Deceased Relating to the Common land in 
Worcester which the Said Deceas'd Built a house and Barn on 

voted that Co" John Chandler Henry Lee Esq r and Benj tt Flagg 
Jun r or any two of them be a Com toe to treat with the Said Heirs 
in order to accomodate that affair, and make Return to the Pro- 
prietors of their opinion as Soon as may be 

Daniel Heywood mod r 



Worcester Sep r : 23 : 1738 

Pursuant the vote of the Proprietors of the Comon & undi- 
vided Land in Worcester I have Laid out ten acres of Land in Sd 
Worcester in two peices (viz) one acre adj'oyning to mr Curtices 
farm and the Land of Edward Knight Ju r Bounded northerly by 
Said Knights westerly by a Road S : Easterly by Said Curtis : also 
nine acres west of Dansons Brook Bounded as discribed in the 



i 7 42.] 



Worcester , Mass a ch usetts. 



2 59 



following platt Said ten acres was Laid on the right of the wido 
Johanah Ward Surveyed by Benj a : Flagg 

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[214] may 15'": 1742 

Pursuant to a Grant of the Proprietors of the Common & undi- 
vided Land in Worcester at their meeting Feb : 13 : 1737-8 Grant- 
ing to Jacob Holmes fifteen acrs in Consideration of his Land 
falling Short of the measure, I have Laid out two acrs & half in 
Worcester as part of Said Grant, Lying adjoyning to the Land of 
mr John Curtis Bounded as discribed in this platt 

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[215] we the Subscribers being the major part of a Com tee Chosen 
& appointed by the Proprietors of Worcester to appoint and Call 
Proprietors meetings from time to time as occasion Shall Require 
do hereby notify the Proprietors of Said Worcester to meet and 
assemble at the house of Cap 1 Dan" : Heywoods in Said Town on 
monday the fifth day of September next at five of the Clock after- 
noon then & there for the Proprietors to choose a Com ,ee : fully 
impowering them to act in the behalf of the Proprietors in all re- 
spects relating to the pretention of the Farm called maiden Farm 
being originally Laid out in that part of Worcester now Called 
Holden as also to do and act any other thing or things as Shall 
be thought for the advantage of the Proprietors 

Adam Winthrop >. 
Dated the ninth day of august : Cornelius Waldo ( Committee 
1743 Dan 1 Heywood i 

Benj a : Flagg J 

These may certify that this notification was posted in Worcester 
according to Law attests Daniel Heywood 

Sep r -.5:1 743 Ben i a : Fla §g 



Worcester Sep r : 5 : 1 743 : 

at a meeting of the Proprietors of Worcester legally Warned 
and mett on monday the 5 th of Sep r : 1 743 Cap 1 Dan 1 Heywood 
was Chosen moderator attests Benj a : Flagg Prop" : Clerk 

at Said meeting mr Cornelius waldo of Boston & Benj a Flagg 
Esq r of Worcester was Chosen and impowered to act in the behalf 
of the Proprietors in ail respects relating to the pretentions of 
maided Farm originally Laid out in that part of Worcester now 
Called Holden Dan 11 Heywood moderator 



[216] we the Subscribers being the major part of a Comittee ap- 
pointed by the Proprietors of the Town of Worcester to Call Pro- 
prietors meetings from time to time as occasion Should require, 
having been desired by Several of the Proprietors that a meeting 



1 747.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 261 

might be Called do hereby Notify the Proprietors of Said Town of 
Worcester to meet & assemble at the Dwelling house of Lieu' 
Thomas Stearnes in Said Town on the Sixth day of February next 
at ten of the Clock in the fore noon then & there for the Proprie- 
tors to adt on the following particulars if they Se Cause viz' 

first : that the Proprietors take Som Effectual care to put an End 
to the disputes ariseing respecting the Boundries between 
the Town of Worcester & Leicester in Such a way & manner 
as they Shall think best and to Grant money to defrey the 
Chage of the Same 

Secondly : that the Proprietors take Som Effectual method to 
prosecute person or person's who have been now are or Shall 
be here after Tresspassers on the Common and undivided 
Land in Said Town of Worcester by Cuting or Carrying off any 
timber or wood belonging to Said proprietors or in any other 
way whatsoever that is to say to dispossess all Such person 
or persons who are in the possession of any of the Common 
or undivided Land in Said Town 

3 d ly that the Proprietors Sell the whole or any part of the Said 
Common Land in Said Town for the most they can get and 
the money that Shall be produced or raised from the Sale 
thereof to be disposed of for Such use or uses as they Shall 
think proper or otherwise to agree upon a Division of Said 
Land in Such a method as they Judge to be reasonable and 
Just 

4ly that they take Some proper method to rectify any mistake in 
the Survey and records of any part of the ministeerial or School 
Land in Said Town 

5ly that Search be made in the records of Said Proprietors to 
Know whether Each Proprietor has had his division of Lands 
recorded and no more by any mistake of the Surveyor 

61y : that the Proprietors Chose Two Sutable persons in the room 
of Adam winthrop & william Jenison Esqrs Deceased to be 
aded to the Com tee to Call Proprietors meetings 



262 Records of the Proprietors. [i 747- 

[217] 7ly & Lastly : that the Said Proprietors also a<5t upon any 
other matter or thing that may be for their advantage 

Cornelius Waldo ^ 
Dated January 2 d : 1746 Daniel Heywood j- Committee 

Benj" : Flagg ) 

the Subscribers Certify that the within or fore going warning 

hath been posted agreeable to Law Daniel Heywood 

Benj a : Flagg 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
Lands in Worcester Legally warned & mett at the 1 hvelling house 
of Lieu" Thomas Stearnes in Worcester on fryday the Sixth day of 
February 1746-7 : at Said meeting Jonas Rice Esqr was Chosen 
moderator attests Benj" : Flagg Proprietors Clerk 

voted at Said meeting that John Chandler Esqr mr Joshua Bigelow 
& Benj a : Flagg Esqr or any two of them be a Committee, to 
put a finall End to the dispute arisen between the Towns of 
Worcester & Leicester respecting the Boundries between Said 
Towns in Such a way and manner as Said Committee Shall 
think most proper, & at the Charge of Said Proprietors 

voted at Said meeting that Cap' Dan" Ward be aded to the Com- 
mittee formerly appointed to Stake out the Road Commonly 
Called the new road in the Room of Henry Lee Esq r De- 
ceased 

voted at Said meeting that Coll Chandler Deacon nat" moore maj r 
Dan 11 : Heywood be a Committee to treat and agree with such 
person or persons who have been or now are Tresspassers on 
the Comon and undivided Land in Said Town as they Shall 
think proper, and also absolutely and without fail to prosecute 
in the Law to EffecT; all Such person or persons who Shall 
hereafter Trespass on any part of Said Comon Land in any 
way whatsoever, and in Case Said Com tce Shall find any tim- 
ber or board Loggs Cut on Said undivided Land & Lying on 
the Same or Else where Said Com ,ee are to dispose of the 
Same for the use of the Proprietors 



1 747-] Worcester, Massachusetts. 263 

[218] voted that Benj" : Flagg Esqr maj r : Dan" Heywood & John 
Chandler Esqr be a Committee to rectify any mistake in the 
Survey or record of any part of the ministeeriall or School 
Land in Said Town 

voted that Cap 1 Palmer Goulding and Lieu' Tho" : Stearnes be 
aded to the Committee for Calling Proprietors meetings in 
the room of Adam winthrop & william Jenison Esq™ De- 
ceased 

voted at Said meeting that Benj" : Flagg Cap' Palmer Goulding 
and maj r Dan 1 Heywood be a Committee to make Search in 
to the records to See if Each Proprietor hath y e full of his 
rights recorded & no more as also to Se if all the Grants made 
by Said Proprietors are recorded and make report to the Pro- 
• prietors as Soon as may bee 

voted that what has been Expended in the house at this meeting 
be paid by maj r Heywood the Treasuror Said Proprietors to 
ac6t with him for the Same 

voted that the Present meeting be adjourned to the Second mon- 
day of march next at one of the Clock afternoon at the 
Dwelling house of maj r : Dan" Heywoods in Worcester 

attests Jonas Rice moderator 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Common & undivided 
Lands in Worcester met by an adjournment at the house of maj r 
Dan 1 Heywood in Said Worcester on the ninth of march 1746-7 

whereas the Common and undivided Land in the Town of Wor- 
cester will not admitt of a Division too and among the Proprietors 
according to Each ones right or Share therein without Great Cost 
& Damage to Said Proprietors therefore 

voted that Benj a : Flagg and Jonas Rice Esq" [219] and mr 
John Chaddick or the major part of them be a Committee in the 
name of Said Proprietors to make Sale of all Such Land to the 
highest bidder after Justice has been done to all Such Proprietors 
[as] have not yet had their Equitable proportion Laid out Except- 
ing also what is or has been in Controversy with the Proprietors 



2 64 Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 74 7 . 

of Leicester and pass Good and ample Deed or deeds in the Law 
for Conveying the Same giveing thirty days notice of the time & 
place of Sale by posting up notifycations at the Publick houses in 
Worcester and by notifying the Same in the Boston Evening post 
at least four weeks successively, that Said Lands be sold in parcels 
or all together as Said Committee Shall Judge Proper or most for 
the advantage of the Proprietors and that the money ariseing by 
Such Sale Ly for the further order or disposition of the Proprie- 
tors 

voted that the third Division belonging] to the Late Benj a : Flagg 

Deceased be Completed & recorded 

voted that the return of a Survey of one hundred & fifty acr's of 
Land Laid out June 1726 : by Benj a : Flagg Sur r at the desir 
of Cap* Nathaniel Jones deceased by order of messures Ger- 
shom Rice James Taylor &: moses Leonard to make y e right 
of rar George Danson Equel in proportion with others be 
recorded & held by the assigns of Said Nat" : Jones Deceased 
they paying the Charge of Said Survey & recording 
voted that the return of Sothing more then thirty acr's of Land 
Laid out by Nathaniel moore and moses Leonard in June 
1724 : to John Kellog be recorded to Said Kellog and held 
by his assignes 
voted : that fifteen acr's of Land Contained in John Smiths Deed 
to Joseph Clark and of which there has been an omission in 
the recording of it be now recorded to Said Clark his heirs & 

assignes 

voted that the Committee for making Sale of the Lands first to 
Lay out to Brigadier Sam" Waldo Esqr Sixty two acr's of 
Land to Compleat a third Division of Land Laid out origin- 
ally on the [220] Right of Daniel Tural the Said Waldo 
Holding the Said right is wanting that Quantity 
voted that the a fore Said Committee have Liberty to Lay out to 
Cap' Palmer Goulding So much Land as will Compleat a 
Grant made to him of Eighty acr's Sep r : 10 : 1738, at their 
discretion 



1 747. J Worcester, Massachusetts. 265 

voted, that the afore Said Committee be directed to See that Jus- 
tice be done to Each Proprietor in any Lands wanting to 
Compleat former Divisions at the Charg of Such Proprietors 

voted that Said Com ,ee be desired that Justice be don the Said 
Proprietors with respect to any persons that have had Land 
Laid out to them without any Legal right or Grant therefor 

voted that forty four Shillings & Eleven pence old Tenor being the 
Expense of Committees &c be paid by the Proprietors Treas- 
uror 

the afore going votes passed at Said meeting 

attests Jonas Rice moderator 



Whereas there is Sundry parcels of Land in the Town of Wor- 
cester unapropreated and lys Comon and it being proposed and 
Thought proper to have all the Said parcels of Land in Said Town 
Sold for the most money they will fetch and the whol produce 
there of to be applied and Laid out for the purchasing a Real Es- 
tate for and Towards the maintainance of the Gospel ministry in 
Said Town forever 

therefore we the Subscribers being non resident Proprietors of 
Said Common Land in Said Town Ship do freely Consent and 
Desire they may be disposed off as aforesaid for the Ends and 
purposes a fore Said and for no other use whatsoever and in order 
to Effect the [221] Same we desire that the Proprietors [ ? 
shall be present at their next Proprietors meeting that is to be held 
In Said Town of Worcester upon adjournment on the Second 
monday of march next would bring it into a vote and proceed to 
Chuse three or five Suitable men of their number to be a Com tee 
for Selling all and Every parcel of Said Comon and undivided 
Land & Lay out the whol produce thereof in a Sutable Real Estate 
and build a Sutable House or Houses thereon if needfull to be 
purchased in Said Town for the use of and towards the maintain- 

PKOP. RKC. 

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266 Records of the Proprietors. [1749. 

ance of the Golple ministry in Said Town forever this we heartily 

Consent to and desire as witness our hands here to Subscribed 

Daniel Henchman 
February the 13 : 1746-7 Cornelius Waldo 

Nat 11 Boston [ ?] for Eliakem 
Palmer Esqr & Company 
Thomas Foxcroft 



we the Subscribers being the major part of a Com tee Chosen and 
impowered by the Proprietors of the Common and undivided Land 
in Worcester in the County of Worcester to appoint and Call Pro- 
prietors meetings from time to time as cccasion Shall require do 
hereby warn and give notice to Said Proprietors that they meet 
and assemble at the meeting house in Said Worcester on tuseday 
the Sixth day of march next at one of the Clock afternoon then 
and there for the Proprietors to Consider and act on the following 
particulars 

first to Se if the Proprietors will Choose and impower a Commit- 
tee to recover in the Law the Possession of Such peice or 
peices of the Comon and undivided Lands in Said Worcester 
now in Possession of any person or persons who refuse to re- 
sign the Possession of the Same to Said [222] Proprietors 
2 d ly to Se if the Proprietors will reconsider their votes heretofore 
past respecting the Cedar Swa[m]ps in Said Worcester and 
appoint Som Sutable persons to Sell the Same to the highest 
bidder the money to be for the use of the Proprietors 
3 d : to give Such further power & Instrucliones to the Com ,ee ap- 
pointed to Setle Boundry Lines between the Towns of Wor- 
cester and Leicester as Shall be thought needfull and to Grant 
money to defray the Charge of the Same 

4 th ly : to recive the report of the Committee appointed to Sell & 
dispose of the Comon and undivided Land in Said Worcester 
So far as they have proceeded in the affair and to dispose of 
the money that hath or Shall be received for Said Sale in Such 
way & manner as they Shall think proper 



1 749.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 267 

5 th to receive the report or Reports of any other Committee ap- 



pointed by Said Proprietors 

61y to acl & vote any other thing or things that Shall be thought 
for the advantage of the Proprietors dated Worcester January 

the 29 : 1749 Cornelius Waldo 

Daniel Heyvvood 
Benj a : Flagg 
Palmer Goulding 

Worcester march 7 th : 1 749 
the Subscribers Certify that this notifycation was posted accord- 
ing to Law Dan 1 Heywood 

Benj a Flagg 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Common and undivided 
Land in Worcester in the County of Worcester Legally warned & 
mett at the meeting house in Said Town on tuseday the 6 th of 
march 1 749 : one of the Clock [223] afternoon : at Said meeting 
Benj a Flagg Esq r was Chosen moderator 

attests Daniel Heywood 

voted that the meeting be adjourned for half an hour to y° 
Dwelling house of maf Daniel Hey woods then mett at Said time 
& place and 

voted at Said meeting that maf Daniel Heywood John Chand- 
ler & Benj a Flagg Esq" or any two of them be and are hereby 
fully impowered in the name of the Proprietors to Sue for and re- 
cover in Law the possession of any peice or peices of the Comon 
and undivided Land in Worcester now in the possession of any 
person or persons who refuse to resign the possession of the Same 
to Said Proprietors and the Said Committee are hereby fully au- 
thorized and impowered as agents (in fact and name) of the Pro- 
prietors of the Common & undivided Lands in the Town of Wor- 
cester, and at their Cost & Charge in particular to Sue out and 
Recover possession of a peice of Comon Land belonging to Said 
Proprietors Bounded westerly on the County or Country Road 
Southerly on the Land of John Chandler Jur Esqr, northerly on 
Land of L' Thomas Stearnes & Easterly on School Land So Called 



268 Records of the Proprietors. [1749. 

or how ever otherwise bounded or reputed to be bounded also all 
the Common Land adjoyning there to of which is now in the oc- 
cupation of Said Stearnes and they are desired to be as Speedy as 
may be in pursuing the mind of the Proprietor* in the affair 

voted that maj r Daniel Heywood & L l Thomas Stearnes be aded 
to the Committee appointed at a meeting of the Proprietors held 
the Sixth of Feb : 1746-7 for puting an End to the disputes arisen 
between the Towns of Leicester &: Worcester the Setling whereof 
] the propertys of the respective Proprietors as to the Land 
on the Line, and it was also voted that as an additionall Instruc- 
tione to Said Com tee that as occasion may be they have and here 
by they have full authority given them in the name of the Pro- 
prietors to purchase or dispose of any unapropreated Lands ad- 
joyning on or near the Line at a middling moderat rate and to Exe- 
cute Sutable & proper Deeds or Instruments for Conveyance or 
perfecting the Same in Such way as they Shall think fitt in all 
which the Proprietors will indemnify the Said Committee it was 
also voted that the maj r part of Said Com tee be a Quorum all the 
Charge that has or may arise in the affair to be boarn by the Pro- 
prietors and they are desired to be as Speedy in Setling the affair 
as may be 
[224] voted : that the Expenses of the Proprietors at this meeting 

be paid out of their money in the hands of Jonas Rice Esq r 
voted that y e Present meeting be adjourned to the Dwelling house 

of mr Luke Browns in Worcester on monday the fourteenth 

of may next at two of the Clock after noon 

Benj a : Flagg : moderator 

Worcester November 17:1 749 
Rec d of maj r Daniel Heywood twenty five Shillings old Tenor Ex- 
penses on the Proprietors Committee with the Proprietors of Lei- 
cester at a nother meeting twenty five Shillings march 20 : & 21 : 
about Land by the meeting house thirty Eight Shillings all old 
Tenor, all twenty 2 Shillings Last Emmision ^ r John Chandler 

Benj a : Flagg 
Rec d the above accl in full by me Daniel Heywood 



175°-] Worcester, Massachusetts. 269 

at a meeting of the Proprietores of the Common and undivided 
Land in Worcester mett by an adjournment, at the Dwelling house 
of m r Luke Browns in holder in Worcester on monday the 14 th : 
of may 1750: two of the Clock afternoon 

voted at Said meeting that the meeting be adjourned to the 
Dwelling house of L' Thomas Stearnes in Worcester to meet on 
monday the 2 7 day of august next at one of the Clock after noon 

attests Benj a : Flagg moderator 



[225] at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Common and undi- 
vided Land in Worcester mett by an adjournment on munday the 
27 th : day of aug': 1750 at the Dwelling house of Cap 1 Thomas 
Stearns in Worcester 

voted at Said meeting that the meeting be further adjourned to 
maj r Daniel Heywoods in Worcester & to meet on monday the 
fifth of November next at one of the Clock after noon 

attests Benj a Flagg moderator 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
Lands in Worcester mett by adjournment at the Dwelling house of 
maj r Daniel Heywoods in Said Worcester on monday the 5 th : of 
November : 1 750 

voted at Said meeting that the Land formerly proposed for a Road 
between the Land of Deacon Nathanil more & mr John 
Stowel leading toward m r Thomas Rices be Granted to Said 
Stowel his heirs and assignes in Consideration and in full Sat- 
isfaction for the Road Laid out Leading by Said Stowels 

Dwelling house 

voted at Said meeting that the Land Lying between Land now in 
the Possession of Palmer Goulding Junior and absolom Rice, 
and So thro A Said Rices formerly left & used for a Road be 
Granted and allowed to Absolom Rice his heirs and assignes 
forever in full Consideration for the Road Since Laid out thro A 
Said Rices Land by his Dwelling house 



270 Records of tke Proprietors, [ 1 750. 

voted that the Present meeting be farther adjourned to monday 
the twelfth day of November Instant at tour a Clock after 

noon at the Dwelling house of Cap 1 Thomas Stearnes in Wor- 
cester . attests Benj" : Flagg moderator 



at a meeting ot the Proprietors of the Common and undivided 
Land men by an adjournment November 12 th : 1 750 

voted that this meeting be farther adjourned to the Dwelling house 
of maj* Daniel Heywoods in Worcester on monday the nin- 
teenth day of November Instant at five of the Clock after 
noon attests Benj" : Flagg moderator 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Common & undivided 
Land in Worcester by an adjournment on monday [226] the nin- 
teenth day of November 1 750 

voted at Said meeting that the present meeting be farther adjourn- 
ed to the Dwelling house of maj* Daniel Hcvwoods in Wor- 
cester to monday the 26 th ot November Instant at three of 
the Clock after noon attest, Benj* : Flagg : moderator 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon & undivided Land 

in Worcester mett by an adjournment on the 26 : of November : 

1 75° 

voted at Saul meeting that the Charge of the house being Light 
Shillings Law full money be paid by Jonas Rice Esq* out of 
the Proprietors money in his hands 

voted .11 Said meeting that the Present meeting be adjourned to 
monday the third day of December next at five ot the Clock 
after noon to the Dwelling house of Cap' Thomas Stearnes in 
Worcester attests Benj" : Flagg moderator 



1 75°- 1 Worcester \ Massachusetts. 271 

at [a] meeting of the Proprietors of the Common and undivi- 
ded Lands in wore ester mett [by] an adjournment on monday 
third day ot December 1750 

at Said meeting the Committee here to fore appointed by this 
Propriety tor the Setting the Line between this & the Proprietors 
of Leicester So far as they Joyn made a verbal! report in forming 
that they had a greed with the Committee of the Proprietors of 
the Proprietors of Leicester, to have the line between them run by 
Robert Goddard Esq' by his Instrument Supposing that his In- 
struments agreed with others they were Compared witli which 
Said Goddard has Sed they do not upon a point agreeable with a 
plan of the Town of Worcester (viz) north twelve Degrees west 
and in riming the Same it Comes greatly in upon Worcester and 
even further Last ward of the Line Called wards Line which was 
always understood to run north Eleven degrees fifteen minutes 
west, and that Said Goddard upon reviewing his Instrument found 
they were not right when he run Said Line & So did not Compleat 
the Same and haveing Corrected his Instrument he finds Still that 
a line Riming north twelve deg'-west, by them will fall Esward of 
wards Line which was the utmost Extent that Leicester [227] 
Proprietors ever Expected to Com to, the Said Committee further 
reported that they have Since had a meeting with the Committee 
of Leicester Proprietors & had offered them to renew and Es- 
tablish wards Line to be the divisionall Line between Said Pro- 
prietys but the Com"'' in behalf of Leicester in formed them that 
if this Propriety would reimbuss the Charges they had alrcdy been 
at in the affair they would Establish Wards Line 

The Proprietors taking Said report into Consideration cSz as the 
Controversy has Subsisted a great many years alredy and if no 
agreement be Com into it may be attended with future Cost and 
(barges therefore it is unanimously voted by the Proprietors that 
their Committee or the major part of them (on whose Judgment 
and intigrity they Chearfully rely) be & they are hereby fully and 
absolutely impowered in the name of the Proprietors of the Com- 
mon and undivided Lands in Worcester, to Setle the affairs of the 
Line afore said in the best way & manner they Can Either by the 



272 Records of the Proprietors. [1750. 

Judgment of indifferent men or other wise and that Such Sum of 
money as they may agree to give to the Proprietors of Leicester 
or their Com ,ee for or towards reimbursing their Charges (if any 
they give) be taken out of the money Lying in the Committee ap- 
pointed for Selling Land, for which this vote Shall be a Sufficient 
order for Said Com tee to deliver the Same & it is further voted 
that the doings of the Committee for Setling the Line be to all in- 
tents & purposes binding on the part of this propriety, 
voted that the Charge of the house at the Present meeting being 
two Shillings Lawfull money be paid by maj r Rice out of the 

Proprietors money 

voted at Said meeting that the Present meeting be farther ad- 
journed to the Dwelling house of m r Luke Browns in Wor- 
cester to monday the 1 7" 1 : day of December Current at four 
of the Clock afternoon 

attests Benj a : Flagg moderator 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Common and undivided 
Land in Worcester mett by an adjournment on monday december 
the 17: 1750 

voted that Col John Chandler maj r Dan" Heywood and John 
Chandler Jur Esq r be a Committee to Setle accounts [228] 
with the Committee appointed for Selling the Common and 
undivided Land in Worcester So far as they have gone and 
So from time to time and to what the Ballance will be in fa- 
vour of the Proprietors and also what may be due to Each 
ten acre right in order that Each Proprietor may have & re- 
ceive what is their Just due ariseing by the Sale of Said Lands 
and that they report at the next meeting So far as they may 
have then gone and that it be an instruction to the Com ,ee to 
allow the Com tee for Selling of Land as follows (viz) to Benj a 
Flagg Esq r the Surveyor for Each day - - o - 3" - 4 d to Jonas 
Rice Esq r & mr John Chaddick o - 2 - 8 : Each for Each 
day they have Spent, and that Such further Sum be allowed 
Cap 1 Flagg for drawing Platts &c as they Shall think Reason- 
able — 



i 75 i .J Worcester, Massachusetts. 273 

voted at Said meeting that the Comon Land three rod in wedth 
Lying between the Road Called the new Road and the Land 
of Benj a : Flagg on the west Side of Dansons Brook bounded 
northerly by Said Road Easterly by Said Brook Southerly by 
Said Flaggs Land So Extending westerly as far as Said Flaggs 
Land goes be hereby Granted to Said Flagg his heirs & as- 
signes for ever in Consideration of his Trouble & Care in 
Searching the the records in order to find out the Several 
parcels of Common Land in Worcester 

voted that the Expenses of the house at this meeting being 0-4-0 
be paid by Jonas Rice Esq r out of the Proprietors money in 
his hands 

voted that the present meeting be farther adjourned to the Dwell- 
ing house of maj r Daniel Heywood in holder in Worcester on 
monday the Seventh day of January next at three of the Clock 
afternoon Benj a : Flagg, moderator 



[229] at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undi- 
vided Land in Worcester mett by an adjournment on the 7 th of 
January 1 750-1 

voted that y e meeting be farther adjourned to Tuseday the 5 th : 
day of march next at nine of y e Clock fore noon at the Dwelling 
house of maj r Daniel Heywoods in Worcester 

attest Benj" : Flagg moderator 



We the Subscribers being a Committee Chosen and appointed 
by the Proprietors of the Common and undivided Lands of Wor- 
cester in the County of Worcester to Call meetings of Said Pro- 
prietors from time to time as occasion Shall require 

These are therefore to notify Said Proprietors of the Comon & 
undivided Lands in Worcester that they meet and assemble at the 
Dwelling house of maj r Daniel Heywoods in Said Worcester on 

PROP. kec. , - 



274 Records of the Proprietor's. [1750. 

the fifth day of march next at nine of the Clock fore noon then & 
there to Consider and act on the following particulars 
first) to See if the Proprietors will Grant the three rod of Land 
thro A Said Waldos Land part of the Six rod left for the Road 
Called the new Road in full Satisfaction for the Town Road Laid 
out on the Southerly part of Said Waldos Farm Leading to the 
Ministeerial Land 

2 : to See if the Proprietors will Grant the Petition of John Chand- 
ler Jur Esq r and dispose of a Small part of the Common and 
undivided Land in Worcester next adjoyning to the Southerly 
Side of the Land Said Chandler now Dwells on 
3) to Know the minds of Said Proprietors respecting the Land in 
Several parts of the Town left for Roads and not as yet im- 
proved for that use and to act thereon as they Shall think 
proper 
4 : to act and vote any other thing or things as Shall then [230] 
be thought for the advantage of the Proprietors 

Cornelius Waldo 
January 31" : 1 750 Benj a : Flagg 

Dan" : Heywood 
Palmer Golding 
Thomas Stearnes 

These may Certify that the within notifycation hath been pub- 
lished as the [law] directs Benj a : Flagg 

march 5 : 1750 Daniel Heywood 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Common and undivided 
Lands in Worcester Legally warned & mett at maj r Daniel Hey- 
woods in Worcester on the 5"' of march 1750 Said Proprietors also 
being mett at Said time and place by an adjournment from Jan- 
uary the Seventh : 1 750 

at Said meeting Benj a : Flagg Esq r was Chosen moderator 

attests Jonas Rice 

voted at Said meeting that the within mentioned three Rod of 
Land part of the Land left for the Road Called the new Road 



I75 1 -! Worcester, Massachusetts. 275 

thro 1 the farm in Worcester lately belonging to Cornelius Waldo 
Esqr be hereby Granted to Said Waldo his heirs and assignes for 
ever in full Satisfa6tion for the Road Laid out on the Southerly 
Side of his Land in Worcester leading to the ministeerial first 
division and also for all the other Roads alredy Laid out thro* Said 
Farm 

voted : that Benj a : Flagg & Jonas Rice Esq" : and m r John Chad- 
dick be a Committee to Confer with the towns Com ,ee about 
the Land petitioned for by John Chandler Ju r & upon their 
Considering and agreeing upon the Reasonableness thereof, 
and the price thereof to Sell and dispose of So much of Said 
Land to him as they Shall think proper and to Execute a Good 
& Lawfull deed thereof in Consert with the Towns Committee 

voted at Said meeting that Benj a : Flagg Daniel Heyvvood and Jo- 
nas Rice Esq rs m r John Chaddick and John Chandler Ju r 
Esq r or the maj r [231] part of them be a Commitee fully and 
absolutely impowered to view the Situation and Circumstances 
of all the Lands left for Roads in the Town of Worcester, and 
where the Land left in is not taken up or in part taken up 
for Roads to Sett a moderate value thereon and that the price 
they So Sett be paid by the person or persons to whom the 
Land afore Said be So assigned, if they Se Cause to Comply 
or to Setle any of the afore Said Lands in any other way they 
Shall think proper and that they make report to the Proprie- 
tors so Soon as may be for the Proprietors then to Grant the 
afore Said Lands 10 the person they are by the Committee 
assigned to their heirs and asiignes for ever 

voted that Benj" : Flagg Jonas Rice Esq r & m r John Chaddick be 
a Committee fully impowered to Setle the affair with mr 
Thomas Hagget respecting his having Laid out to him five 
acrs 76 : perch as third division more then his Grant, and to 
Say what Said Hagget Shall pay for the Same for the use of 
the Proprietors & to make return as Soon as may be 

at Said meeting the Committee appointed to Setle the affair wih 
the Heirs of Stephen minott Esq r deceased respecting about 
three acrs & three quarters of an acre of undivided Land in 
Worcester, Said Deceased Built a house and Barn on, made 



276 Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 7 5 1 . 

a verbal report that they had treated with m r minott 

one of the heirs as also one of the Ex ,ors to the Said deceaseds 
Last will and testament & that they are of opinion in Case 
Said Executor forth with pay four pounds Lawfull money for 
the use of the Proprietors that then the Said three acres and 
three quarters of an acre be it more or Less, be Granted to 
Said deceaseds heirs for ever 

voted that this report be accepted provided the Said Executor 
forth with pay to Benj a : Flagg Esq r for the use of the Pro- 
prietors the above mentioned Sum of four pound Lawfull 
money 

voted that twenty Shillings Lawfull money be paid out of the Pro- 
prietors money to maj r Daniel Hey wood in full discharge for 
his and his Brother Josiah Heywood of Concord Service in 
Carrying the Chain for to mesure the meadows in Worcester 
Said maf Heywood to be accountable to Said Josiah Hey- 
wood for the one half of Said Twenty Shillings 

[232] voted that the Charge of the house at the present meeting 
being two pounds twelve Shillings & ten pence old tenor be 
paid by maf Rice out of the Proprietors money in his hands 

voted that this meeting be adjourned to the Dwelling house of 
maf Daniel Heywoods in Worcester on the twentieth of may 
next at one of the Clock after noon 

attests Benf : Flagg moderator 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
Land in Worcester mett by an adjournment on the 20 th of may 

I75 1 

voted that this meeting be adjourned to the first monday of 
Sep r : next twelve of the Clock at noon at the Dwelling house of 
Maj r Daniel Heywoods in Said Worcester 

attests Benj a : Flagg moderator 



1 7 5 i . ] Worcester, Massachusetts. 277 

[233] These are to Warn all the Proprietors of the Comon and 
undivided Lands in Worcester to meet and assemble at the House 
of maj r Daniel Heyvvood in Worcester on y e 20 th Day of Novem- 
ber next Ensueing at twelve o Clock Said Day then and there to 
acl on y e articles following vizt 

i st To Choose a Proprietors Clerk 

2 to Receive y € Report of y e Late Comitte appointed for Selling 

y e Comon and undivided Lands in Worcester in order that 
Each proprietor may Receive their proportion 

3 To Choose a Surveyor if needfull 

4 To Receive y e Report of maj r Daniel Hey wood Late proprie- 

tors Treasurer 

5 To See if the Late Comitte has made Satisfaction to all y' pro- 

prietors that had any demands on y e proprietors if not that it 
may be Done 

6 to act any thing or things that y e proprietors Shall think to be 

for y e Proprietors Benefit 

Daniel Heywood ~\ 
Dated the 28 th of October 1 75 1 Palmer Golding >■ Comitte 

Thomas Stearns ) 

November 20 th 1751 These are to Certify that the within No- 
tification has been posted according to Law 

Daniel Heywood 
Thomas Stearns 
Palmer Goulding 

Entered from y e original Warrant & Indorsement and Compared 
there with J Chandler Jur : Clerk 



[234] Att a meeting of the Proprietors of y e Comon and undi- 
vided Land in Worcester Legally warned and mett at the Dwell- 
ing house of maj r Daniel Heywood on y e 20 th Day of November 

I75 1 

Major Daniel Heywood was Chosen moderator 

John Chandler Esq was Chosen Clerk of said proprietors 
and was sworn in the meeting by Jonas Rice Esq 



278 Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 7 5 1 . 

Voted that m r William Young be y e Surveyor for finishing & 
Compleating y e Survey of such Lands as are needfull for y e pro- 
prietors To do and said Surveyor is desired to attend as he shall 
be Called upon by Jonas Rice Esq and m r John Chadick who are 
surviving of the Comitte Chosen march y e 9 th 1746 and that 
said young be on oath 

Voted that m r Joshua Biglo and John Chandler Jun r Esq be a 
Comitte to settle accounts with major Daniel Heywood Treasurer 
of the proprietors and Report at the adjournment of this meeting 
for y e Proprietors to acl thereon and the Clerk is desired to attend 

on them with the Books 

The Comitte for Laying out Lands to make satisfaction to such 
proprietors] as had any Demands on f proprietors made a Ver- 

ball Report that they had Compleated that affair 

Therefore Voted that the fifth article in the warrant Relateing 
thereto be Dismissed and it is accordingly Dismissed 

In answer to the Second article in the warrant & as the Comitte 
appointed y e 1 7 th of Last December have not Compleated the af- 
fair then Comitted to them which Relates to said second article 

Therefore Voted that said Comitte be desired to Compleat y l 
affair as soon as may be & to Lay y e same before y e proprietors at 

y e adjournment of this meeting 

Voted that m r Joshua Bigelow & maj r Heywood be a Comitte 
with the Clerk to Receive all the Books Papers & Plans belonging 
to the Prop" that were in y e Keeping of the Late Clerk Benjamin 
Flagg Esq Dec d and to give a Discharge to rn r asa Flagg Exc r of 
y e Testament of said Deceased for y e same 

Voted that the Survivors of the Comitte heretofore appointed 
for Selling y e Comon Lands are desired to Compleat that affair 
forth with in as much as there Cant be a Division of the money 

among y e proprietors till the same is Done 

Voted that seven shillings and sixpence be paid out of y e Comon 
stock for y e Expenses at this meeting at maj r Heywood which was 
paid by maj r Rice 



1752.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 279 

[235] Voted that this meeting be adjourned to the Third monday 
of Feb r y next at Twelve Clock at noon at the House of maj r 
Daniel Heywood 

The above Votes pass a at Said meeting 

Daniel Heywood mod r 

att and in Said meeting John Chandler Esq was sworn to the 
faithfull Discharge of y" office & Duty of Clerk of Said prop" 

Before me Jonas Rice Jus' pac 

Entered from y e originall Votes And compared there with 

■$ J Chandler Pro : Cler 

Worcester ss Decern 1 " 2 d : 1751 W m young Chosen Surveyor &6"t 
made oath that in all things to \\ ch he might be called by the 
Comittee in Surveying as in y e afore going Votes is mentioned 
that he would act faithfully [ ] 

J Chandler Jus' pac 



Art a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
Land in Worcester held by adjournment this : 1 7" 1 Day of Febru- 
ary : 1752 : at Twelve of the Clock at noon from the 20 th Day of 
November Last at the House of maj r Dan 1 Heywood in Worcester 

I m r Joshua Biglo and John Chandler Jun r Esq r a Comitte ap- 

pointed at the meeting in nov r Last to* Settle accounts with 
maj r Heywood Treasurer of y* - proprietors made Report which 
was Read and accepted and the Said Treasurer is accordingly 
Discharged and it was Voted that the Note of Ten pound 
Sixteen shillings due from the Estate of Benj a Flagg Esq r 
Dec d old Tenor be divided with the money arising by the 
Sale of Land &ct 

II Voted that a Plan of forty seven acres of Land Laid out to satisfy 

and Compleat the third Division of the heirs of maj r Hench- 
man protracted by W" Young Surveyor as the Same was for- 
merly Laid out by Benj a Flagg Esq Surveyor and Jonas Rice 
Esq and m r John Chaddick Comitte be Ratified and confirm- 
ed to Said Heirs and that y e plan be Recorded they paying 
y e cost of y e Survey & Recording 



2 80 Records of the Proprietors. [1752. 

III John Chandler Esq & major Heywood the Survivors cf a 
Comitte appointed the Sixth of Febry : 1746-7 to Rectify any 
mistake in the Survey or Records of the ministerial & School 
Land made a Verball Report that there was a mistake in the 
in the Survey and Record of a Third Division of fifty acres 
of School Land as Recorded in the 152 page of the Records 
and that in Lieu thereof they had Surveyed forty nine acres 
and forty perch of Land at wigwam Hill north [236] of Land 
Sold to John Chandler Esq and william Johnson and South 
of third Division Land Laid out to mr Payne formerly as by 
the Survey and plan made by W m Young the 9" 1 of Last Jan- 
uary appears which Survey was now accepted and it was Vo- 
ted and ordered that y e Plan be Recorded and Said Land 
Confirmed for y e use of the School according to the original 
design, and Said Comitte also further informed that thev had 
pitched upon a piece of Land to Compleat said Third Divi- 
sion bounding South on Land of John Chandler junr Esq 
where he now Dwells west on the main Road north on Land 
of Captain Stearns and East on the Home Lott or first Divi- 
sion of School Land containing about three Quarters of an 
acre which was also Voted to Ratified and confirmed to com- 
pleat said Third Division said Lands having been agreed upon 
by y e Comitte for that Purpose before the Death of Cap'. 
Flagg 

IV Voted that a plan of forty Eight acres and one hundred & 
Eight Perch to compleat the Hon b!c Brigadier Samuel Waldos 
Division protracted & Surveyed by W m Young the 1 i lh of Last 
January be Ratified and confirmed to said Waldo his heirs & 
assignes forever and that the plan be Recorded the same 
having been formerly Sequestered for that purpose 

V Upon a motion made by Cap 1 Palmer Goulding Voted that a 

Plan made by Cap' Benj a . Flagg of Sixteen acres and Twenty 
perch of Land Laid out to compleat his Demands for the 
Eighty acres of Land Granted him in June 1 738 be Recorded 
at his cost 



1 75 2.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 281 

VI a Report Signed by Jonas Rice Daniel Heywood John Chad- 
dick & John Chandler Jun r the maj r . Part of a Comitte ap- 
pointed in march Last to View the Lands Left for Roads in 
Said Town &c. was Read Voted and accepted in all its Parts 
Excepting where the Same hath Relation to Land Left for a 
way thro 4 Land now in possession of Thomas wheeler and 
Samuel mower which Lyes for further consideration and said 
Report is to be Recorded at Length 

VII Voted that the Plans of Two peices of Land Laid out for- 
merly to compleat the Third Division of Benj\ Flagg Sen r 
Dec d . one peice containing nine acres and Sixty Eight Rod 
sold by Benj\ Flagg Esq r . Dec d . to Samuel andrew march 
20 th 1743 the other peice contains Ten acres and one hun- 
dred & Twenty perch Laid out by Cowdens Land be Re- 
corded which Two Peices with what was Laid out formerly 
adjoyning to the place where the said Benj a . Flagg Sen r Dwelt 
in his Life Time compleats said Third Division 

VIII Voted that John Chandler and Jonas Rice Esq and mr 
John Chaddick be a Comitte if Called forth and paid for the 
same to View the bounds if to be found of a certain Tract of 
Land containing Seventeen acres and a hundred and forty 
Rod sold by the Late W ra Jenison Esq. Deceased to James 
Hamilton Dec d by Deed Dated January 13 th 1729 Lying on 
both sides French River & called third Division Laid to the 
Heirs of Peter Goulding Dec d . and to search the Records 
needfull and Report to the adjournment of this meeting how 
they find the same 

IX Voted that John Chandler Esq maj r : Daniel Heywood & John 
Chandler Jun Esq or the major part of them be a Comitte to 
Receive the Bonds notes & money now in the hands of [237] 
Jonas Rice Esq and m r John Chaddick the Survivors of the 
Comitte appointed for selling the Comon and undivided Land 
in Worcester being the Property of said proprietors and aris- 
ing by the sale of their Land and that out of the same they 
pay to Each person who shall make out a Tittle Twenty shill- 
ings Lawfull money for Each Ten acre Right' such person 

1KOP. REC. -£ 






282 Records of the Proprietors. [1752. 

shall claim and to the Intent that all people may have opper- 
tunity to make out Such their claims the Comitte are desired 
to Insert in one or more of the Boston weekly news papers 
that all Claimers do within three months Exhibitt their claims 
to said Comitte - It was also Voted that Each proprietor upon 
his Receiving the sum that may be Due to him give a Receipt 
to the Com tee therefor therein promising to Refund or Repay 
the same to the Treasurer of said proprietors for the time 
being if it should so happen his Right should prove not Le- 
gall and also so much as may by any unforseen accident be 
such persons Just proportion of any sum that may be here- 
after Recovered of said proprietors if any such there be — 
and said Comitte are desired to Turn the money due in the 
most Early way they can so that as Little difficulty arise to 
the Debtor as may be the said comitte to be accountable to 
y e proprietors for their doings and that they be paid for their 
Trouble the Ballance Due being about the sum of 

Lawfull money in favour of 
said Proprietors 

X It was further Voted that the Comitte in whose Names the 

Notes and bonds are Taken be desired to put the same in 
Suit if need be or to give sufficient Power to y e Comitte now 
appointed for that purpose 

XI Voted that the sum of Ten Shillings spent at this meeting be 
paid by Jonas Rice Esq out of the money in his hands and 
then the meeting was by Vote farther adjourned to the first 
monday in Sep' next to meet at this place at Twelve of the 
Clock at noon 

memo, a Report of the Comitte about Thomas Hagates having 
five acres & 76 perch of 3 rd Division Land was accepted at 
said meeting 

The aforegoing Votes Past 

att r Daniel Heywood moderator 

Entered from the original Votes and compared therewith 



I75 2 -] Worcester, Massachusetts. 283 

1 The Comitte appointed the 5 th , of Last march for Viewing the 
Scituation and Circumstances of the Lands Left for Roads in 
the Town of Worcester hereby Report that a Six Rod Road 
through the Town is not so Recorded and only mentioned 
through part of the Land of Israel Jenison the Late Cap'. 
Flaggs House Lott between the Land of James Brown & John 
Chandler Junr the school and ministeriall Land and the Land 
and the Land of the Heirs of W" m°Clellan Uec d . and appre- 
hending it will be most for y e peace of the Inhabitants of said 
Town that Each person adjoyning said Road fence the same 
up to four Rods wide & y' y e same be granted to them Ex- 
cepting through y e middle of y e Town we apprehending that 
it would be best for the Road to be Kept the Same wedth it 
now is from the Stone Bridge to the House of James Brown 
the same not to be Kept more then Six Rods wide 

2 that the Land Left Through Winthrops & minots Land now 
in the Possession of Tho' wheeler and Samuel moore be 
Granted to Each of them so far as it runs through Each of their 
Land it being Intimated that they want measure 

3. That one Rod of y e Land more than the Three Rod Laid out 
by the Town for a way through Cap' Thomas Stearns Land 
adjoyning prospe6t Brook be Granted to [238] said Stearns 
it being Intimated that he wants measure 

\ that the Land allowed for a Road runing through the Land of 
John Chaddick called y' new Road be granted to him in con- 
sideration of his good services viz' only so much thereof as 
Runs through his Land west of the Road Leading to Robert 
Barbers 

; it being apprehended that there was Land Left for a Road 
through y e Land 'now in the Possession of Nahum willard that 
the same be Granted to said willard 

1 there being also In the plans a Read Pricl across Land in the 
possession of John Chandler Esq r Leading to the old Burying 
Place that the same be granted to said Chandler It being In 



284 



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the Land he bought of Judge Palmer and W m Jenison Esq r all 

which is Humbly Submitted by us 

Jonas Rice 
Daniel Heywood 
John Chaddick 
John Chandler Jun 

att a meeting of the Proprietors Feb r y 17 th . 1752 the above Re- 
port was Read & accepted by the proprietors Excepting that part 
thereof Relateing to y" Land Left for ways through winthrops and 
minots Land now in possession of Thomas wheeler and Samuel 
mower and that the same be Left for further consideration to the 
adjournment of this meeting but that the other ways as mentioned 
in this Report be Ratyfied Granted and confirmed to the several 
persons therein named their Heirs and assigns for ever & that the 
same be Recorded att r Daniel Heywood moderator 

Entred from the orig 1 and compared therewith 

f r J Chandler Pro Cle 

[239] 




1752.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 285 

Laid Down and Calculated by Cap* Flaggs Feild Notes 

'jj^r W m young Surveyor 

protracted to a scale of 30 perch to an inch 1 
The above Land was Surveyed march 28 : 1749 By Benj tt Flagg 

Esq r Surveyor and by us as Chain men — 

Jonas Rice John Chaddick 

This Piatt was accepted by the proprietors at their meeting 
march 17 th 1752 and ordered to be Recorded 

atts Daniel Heywood moderator 

Entred from y e orig 1 & Compared there with 

$ J Chandler Pro Cle 



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This platt contains 4 acres and 80 perch Surveyed aprill 10 th 

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& John Chaddick j 

Entered from the originall & Compared there with 

f J Chandler Pro Cler 

mem° this Land is Sold to the Rev d m r T Foxcroft 



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This is a Plott of the (onion I. and Laying West of Land and adjoyning to 
the Land of Joseph Wiley in Worcester of which there is 72 acres and 108 
Rods is bounded Every way as signified in the Plott surveyed January nth 
1752 P Wni Younge 

The Plan was accepted by the Proprietors at their meeting Febry 17th 
1752 & ordered to be Recorded Daniel Heywood moderator 

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20 day of march 1743 
'1 hese two plans one 
grant & 6S rod & the 
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rod with what Land 
was Laid out adjoyning to ye place 
where Benja Elagg Senr dwelt in 
his life time compleats his third 
division entered / order 

p J Chandler Pro Cler 



288 Records of the Proprietors. [1752. 

[242] Worcester June 1726 

Whereas Mes r Gershom Rice James Tayler and moses Lenard 
was appointed and chosen a Com tee by the Proprietors of Land in 
Worcester to View the Lands and meadow Laid out in the South 
part of said Worcester upon the Right of mr George Danson Dec d 
and to allow and make said Right Equal in proportion with others : 
By order of said Comitte (and at the Disire of Cap' Nathanil Jones 
I have Laid out one hundred and fifty acres of Land in the South 
part of Worcester in full satisfaction and to make up said Dansons 
Right in the South part of Worcester Equall in proportion with 
other Rights said hundred and fifty acres was Laid out with al- 
lowance of one in thirty and Lyeth in four peices (viz') Eighty 
seven acres and seventy one Rod upon the Road Leading to Lei- 
cester bounded northerly by said Road westerly by the Land of 
Cap' Jones Southerly by the Land of Simon Gates Easterly by the 
Land of Parker and Beard also Twenty nine adjuyning to Daniel 
Biglows house Lott and is bounded northerly by Said Bigelows 
Land westerly by meadows Southerly by the Land of William 
m c Clellan Easterly by the Land [of] Gershom Rice Jun — 

also seventeen acres upon Bagachoage hill adjoyning to the 
other side of said Biglows Land bounded Southerly by said Big- 
lows Land west by Comon Land northerly by Land in possession 
of Bartholomew flagg Easterly by the Land of m r John Smithe also 
Twenty one acres Lying upon Tatnick Hill near to Leicester Line 
and is bounded northerly by y e Land of Isaac moore westerly by 
the Line called Cap' Wards Line S. by the Land Laid out to aaron 
Adams East by the Land of Nath 1 moore and Ephraim Roper as 
is Signified in these Platts Surveyed by Benj* Flagg 



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[243] Rec d June : 25. 1752 of m r John Chaddick one of y e Com 1 
for Seling Land Twenty Shillings being for Land Sold m r James 
Putnam V J Chandler 



at a meeting of y e [proprietors of the] Comon & undivided 
Land in Worcester by adjournment this 18 th day of Sep r : (N S) 
1752 being y e first monday in said month at Twelve of y e Clock 
from y c 1 7 th day of febry Last at the house of major Dan 1 Heywood 
in Worcester 

Voted that y e Expenses of meeting being one shilling, & Six 
shillings & five pence formerly Expended by major Heywood 
both Sums being Seven Shillings & five pence be allowed him out 
of y e mony due to y e proprietors from him 

Voted that this meeting be further adjourned to y e first monday 
in October next at one of y e Clock after noon to meet at this place 

Att Daniel Heywood mod r 
Entred $ J Chandler pro 8 : Clerk 
prop rec. ,_ 



2 90 Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 752. 

Att a meeting of y e proprietors of y e Comon and undivided Land 
in Worcester held by adjournment this 2 d day of 06to r 1 752 being 
y e first monday in said month at one of the Clock afternoon from 
the 1 8 th of Sep r Last at y e house of maj r Dan 1 Heywood 

Voted that W m young & James Boyd be desired to see if there 
be any Comon Land Lying between or adjoyning to inaj r Hench- 
mans Land & Land of S d Boyd & to Report as soon as may be 

Voted that the Land sold by W m Jenison Esq 1 (since Dec d ) to 
James Hamilton by Deed dated Jan r y 30 1729 Containing by Es- 
timation Seventeen acres & a hundred & forty Rod laid out as 
part of a third Division to y e heirs of Peter Goulding Dec d now in 
the possession of Charles Apthorp Esq r be confirmed & Ratifyed 
agreeable to said Deed 

Voted that a plan of 26 acres & 86 perch of Land Taken by 
W m Young Surveyor Sep r 15 1752 (part of which was formerly 
laid out to Cap' Goulding) now laid before y e proprietors for con- 
firmation be Reported to the adjournment of this meeting for fur- 
ther consideration 

[244] Voted y' y e Expenses at this meeting being Ten Shillings & 
Sixpence be allowed to maj r Heywood & then the meeting was by 
Vote adjourned to the Sixth day of Nov r next to meet at this place 
at one a Clock after noon atts Dan 1 Heywood mod r 

Entered $ J Chandler Pro 8 Cler 

at a meeting of the proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
land in Worcester held by adjournment this sixth day of november 
1752 at one of the Clock after noon (from the second day of Oct- 
ober Last) at the dwelling house of major Daniell Heywood in 
Worcester 

The Proprietors inquireing of John Chandler Esq r and the Rest 
of the Comitte for Receiving and paying out the mony belonging 
to said proprietors] ariseing by the sale of their Land &ct made 
a Verball Report that they had paid and git discharges from 
Twenty six persons including the Town Treasurer for the Publick 
Lotts and that the Rest of y e mony lys in the hands of the Pur- 
chassers, therefore 



1752.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 2 9 1 

Voted that the Comittee be desired forth with to Recover the 
mony due to the proprietors as soon as may be that speedy pay- 
ment be made to the Rest of the proprietors 

Voted : that if John Chandler Esqr & William Johnson are will- 
ing to Resign about Ninteen acres of the Land they bought of the 
Comittee at Wigwam Hill next the Town Land that the same be 
Laid off to make up the ministeriall & School Lotts Divisions they 
not being compleat That then the said Chandler & Johnson be 
allowed for said Land in proportion to what they gave for the 
whole and the Interest since their purchass 

Voted that Two Shillings & Eight pence be allowed to Othniell 
Taylor for service if He has not been allowed that sum heretofore 
also Voted to allow Deacon Thomas Wheeler Two Shillings for 
service done by him 

Voted that the Expenses at this meeting be paid to major Hey- 
wood being Six Shillings 

a platt taken by William Young the 15 th of Sep r last [245] dis- 
cribing the bounds of Twenty Six acres & Eighty Six perch of 
Land was Laid before the meeting by Elisha Smith Jun r which in- 
cludes Eighteen acres and about sixty seven perch which he for- 
merly bought of Cap' Palmer Goulding the overpluss being some 
thing more than Eight acres and he S d Smith having been at the 
Expense of Eight Shillings to Run and assertain the bounds & 
having now paid to the Proprietors Eighteen shillings & Eight 
pence more Lawfull Therefore Voted that said overplus land be 
ancT hereby is Granted to said Elisha Smith Jun r his heirs & As- 
signs for ever and that the Plan be Rounded and then the meeting 
was adjourned without day 

att r Daniell Heywood mod r 

Entered $ J Chandler Cler of y e Pro 9 . 






292 



Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 7 5 2 . 



land laid out on Danson Right 



This Piatt contains 
26 acres &_86 
perch 



Whitneys 
land 




This platt was protracted by a scale of 30 perch to an inch 



The Land laid down in this platt lays and is bounded as signi- 
fied in S d platt part of which was laid out to Palmer Goulding 
pursuant to a vote of the proprietors $? W m Young 

Surveyed Sep r : y e 15 th : 1752 

Entered from the originall & compared therewith 

$ J Chandler pro cler 



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This is a platt of Ten acres of Land in Worcester granted by 
the proprietors of Said Town at their meeting 

To Benjamin Flagg Esq r as part of his third Division Surveyed 
nov r 20 1755 $ W ni Young Surveyor 

The above plan was Entered from the originall Dec r 9 1755 a * 
y e Desire of Benj a Flagg ^ J Chandler pro cler 

NB I suppose it is y e Land to compleat a 
third Division belonging to Benj a Flagg to w ch 
the Record &: plans have Refference 

See page 173. 219 & 236 & 241 

Page 173 70 acres 
241 9 1 28 
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ye above plat 10 



100 o 28 wch is 28 perch too much 



Worcester ss To Cap' Thomas Starnes of Worcester one of y e 

proprietors of y e Comon and undivided Lands in said Town 

Greeting 

Whereas application hath been made to me y e Subscriber one 
of His majesties Justices of y e peace for y c County of Worcester 
by seven of y e proprietors of said comon & undivided lands for 



294 Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 759. 

calling of a proprietors meeting. In y c i 6 ' place to Choose a 
moderator. 2 dly to come into some method to confirm unto Cap : 
Palmer Goulding such part of a grant of Eighty acres of Land 
made to him on y e 11 th of Sep r 1738 as hath been omitted to be 
Surveyed & Recorded 3 dly to come into some proper method to 
dispose of any of y' comon & undivided Land in said propriety 
that yet Remains unsold 

/ '""\ These are therefore to require you y e said Tho' Starnes 

I Seal | 

v / forth with pursuant to y e directions of y e Law to notifie y e 

said proprietors to meet and assemble Themselves at y e House of 
maj r Dan 1 Heywood in Worcester on thursday y e 24 th day of may 
current at three of y e Clock afternoon then and there to act on ) e 
afores d articles said notice to be given by posting up y e particulars 
in some publick place in said Town, hereof fail not & make Re- 
turn hereof with your doings hereon to said [meeting] 

given under my hand and seal dated at Worcester the 3'* day 
of may a D 1759 In y e 32 d year of his majesties Reign 

Tim° Paine 

Entred from y e originall attest '$ J Chandler Pro Cle 

[247] Worcester may 24. 1759 agreeable to y e within war' to 
me directed I on the 3 d day of may cur' warned all y e proprietors 
within mentioned to meet at time and place within mentioned to 
act on y e within war' by posting up a True Copy at a publick house 
in S d Town $ Thomas Starnes 

Entered from y e originall [ ] in y e war' afores d 

$ John Chandler pro : cler 



att a meeting of the proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
land in the Town of Worcester upon due warning given met at the 
house of major Dan 1 Heywood in Worcester on Thursday may 24 
1759 at three of y e Clock afternoon Major Daniell Heywood 
chose moderator Att John Chandler proprietors Clark 

In answer to y e second article in y e warrant Voted that a plan 
of Ten acres and three quarters of Land with Eighty perch allowed 



1 759-2 Worcester , Massachusetts. 295 

for a Road adjoyning to land formerly laid out to Jonathan moore 
be accepted & Recorded as part of y c Eighty acres granted to 
Cap* Palmer Goulding in Sep r : 1 738 & confirmed to him his heirs 
or assigns provided the same has not been heretofore laid out & 
properly Recorded to some other proprietor it appears said plan 

was taken by Benjamin Flagg Dec d at said meeting Voted 

that twenty one acres of land sold by said Goulding to michaell 
Lovell Eighteen acres to Elisha Smith Junr Sixteen acres & twenty 
Rods to Lieu' Gershom Rice and three acres & a quarter to 
adonijah Rice be all confirm 'd and with the afore mentioned peice 

is in full of y e Grant of Eighty acres 

Voted that John Chandler Jun r . Joshua Biglo & John Chadick 
be a Comittee to Look up and Survey & assertain all such comon 
or undivided Land as belongs to y e proprietors in this Town and 
after proper & due notification of the time and place of sale pro- 
ceed to sell y e same to y e highest bidder that the mony ariseing 
thereby be disposed of as y e proprietors at any adjournment of 
this meeting shall direct, and y e Comittee may imploy a Surveyor 
as they may think proper, and in the sale of said Lands y e Com- 
ittee or Either of them may be purchassors any Deed they or y e 
major part of them may give to be binding & Vallid. Voted that 
the Expense of this meeting be paid by y e proprietors Treas r 
& then the meeting was by Vote adjourned to the first monday of 
november next, to meet at Two of the Clock P m at this place — 

Att r Daniel Heywood mod r 

Entered from the originall Vots 

$ John Chandler prop" Clerk 

The plan of y e Ten acres and Three quarters with y e Eighty 
perch for a Road is Entered in y e following page 248 



296 



Records of the Proprietors. 

[248] 



[1760. 



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.9-4 with 80 rod al- 
lowed for a Road 



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This plan Entered ^ John Chandler proprs Clerk 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of y e Comon & undivided Land 
In Worcester by adjournment from y e 24 th day of Last may to the 
first monday In november Currant at two of the Clock P m at y e 
House of major Daniel Heywood In Worcester 

Voted that this meeting be adjourned to the first Tuesday In 
January next at two o Clock afternoon at this Place 

att Daniel Heywood moderator 

Worcester Nov r 5 : 1759 



at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Comon and undivided 
Land in Worcester by adjournment from y e first monday In no- 
vember to Tusday the first day of January Current at two o Clock 
P m. at the House of major Daniel Heywood In Worcester 



1760.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 297 

voted that the Expenses of this meeting as also the Expenses 
of y e meeting on y e 24 th of may Last being Eleven shillings & 
Eight pence half penny be paid by y e Comitte for y e sale of the 
Comon Land out of y e mony in their Hands 

[249] Voted that this meeting be adjourned to the first monday 
in april next at two o Clock afternoon at this place 

att Daniel Heywood moderator 
Worcester Jany : 1 760 

Entered "^ John Chandler Pro Cler 

at a meeting of y e Proprietors of y e Comon and undivided Land 
In Worcester by adjournment from y e first Day [of] January Last 
to y e first monday of april Currant at two o Clock afternoon at 
y e House of major Daniel Heywood In Worcester 

Voted that y e Expenses of this meeting be paid by the Comitte 
for y e sale of y e Comon Land out of y e mony In their Hands 

Voted that this meeting be adjourned to y e twenty first Day of 
april Currant at this Place at two o Clock afternoon 

att Daniel Heywood moderator 
Worcester aprill 1 : 1 760 

Entered jjp John Chandler Pro Cle 

at a meeting of y e Proprietors of y e Comon and undivided Land 
In Worcester held by adjournment on y e 2 1 day of aprill at the 
house of Major Daniell Heywood in Worcester at Two of y e Clock 
afternoon from y e first day of Jan r y Last Voted that this meeting 
be further adjourned to monday the Sixth day of may next at five 
of y e Clock afternoon Att Dan 1 Heywood mod r 

Worces 1 " aprill 21 : 1760 Entered ~$ John Chandler Cle 

Att a meeting of y e [proprietors of the] Comon and undivided 
Land in Worcester by adjournment from y e 21 day of Aprill Last 
to this 6 th day of may 1 760 at five of the Clock afternoon at y e 

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298 Records of the Proprietors. [1760. 

house of Major Dan 1 Heywood in Worcester Voted that this meeting 
be further adjourned to the first monday in September next to 
meet [at] this place at five of the Clock afternoon 

Daniell Heywood mod r 
Entered $ J Chandler Pro 8 Cle 



[250] Worcester ss To Dan 1 Heywood Esq of Worcester one of 
y e principall proprietors of y e Comon and undivided Land in S d 
Town of Worcester Greeting 

Whereas seven of y e principall proprietors of y e Comon and un- 
divided land in said Town of Worcester having by writing under 
their hands made application to me y e Subscriber requesting me 
to make out a war' directed to one of y e proprietors of S' 1 Comon 
& undivided Land for y e calling of a meeting of S' 1 proprietors to 
be held at y e house of S (1 Dan 1 Heywood in said Town of Worces- 
ter on Tuesday y e 6 th day of may next then and there to act on 
y e following articles, first To choose a moderator (2 d '- v ) for y e 
proprietors to choose a Comittee if they think proper to take on 
them the defense of an action of Ejectment Jonathan Gates has 
brought ag st Joshua Biglow of Worcester for f Recovery of y e Pos- 
session of part of Certain lands sold by said proprietors Com ,ee to 
said Biglow & also to appropriate so much mony now in y e hands 
of S d proprieters Comittee as may be found neeessary for defend- 
ing y e same— (3*) to choose a Clerk for S d proprietors in y" Room 
of y e Hon b:u John Chandler Esq who desires to Resign 

You are therefore hereby required and directed to notifie & 
warn the proprietors of y c comon and undivided lands in S d Town 
of Worcester to assemble and meet at y e time & place afors' 1 then 
and there to act & vote on y e articles afors* 1 as they shal Judge 
proper by posting up a notification there of in some publick place 
or places within y c said Town of Worcester fourteen days at Least 
before y p day appointed for S d meeting w ch notification must be 
in writing under your hand and make due return hereof with your 
proceedings on y e same to y e S d proprietors that they may acl on 
y e matters afos d agreeable to y e Laws of this province and for your 
so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant 



1760.]. Worcester, Massachusetts. 299 

Given under my hand and seal at Worcester this 2 2 d day of 
aprill In y e ^^ : year of His maj" Reign anno Dom. 1 760 

James Putnam Jus' pac 

Worcester may 6%: 1 760 pursuant to y e within warr 1 I have no- 
tified the within proprietors to appear at time and place within 
mentioned to act on the articles therein Expressed by posting up 
a True and attested copy thereof in Worcester y e 2 2 d day of Last 
aprill I? Daniell Heywood 

Entered from the originall warrant & Return thereon 

"ft John Chandler prop 8 Cle 



at a meeting of y e proprietors of y e Comon and undivided land 
in the Town of Worcester upon due warning given met at y e house 
of major Daniell Heywood in Worcester on Tuesday may 6. 1 760 
at five of the Clock afternoon Major Dan' Heywood Choose mod- 
erator att John Chandler prop's Cle 

In answer to the second article in the warrant [251] Voted 
that John Chandler Junr Esq and M r John Chadick be a Comittee 
Joyntly and sever [all] y fully authorized and impowered in y e name 
of S d proprietors to appear in defense of y e action Referred to in 
y e warrant & y e same at y e charge of v e proprietors to pursue to 
finall Judgment & therein to proceed in all Lawfull ways and 
means in defense thereof and if they shall think proper to Referr 
y e same (with y e consent of any Court of Justice before whom 
y e action shall come) in order for a finall accomodation there 
they are hereby impowered so to do 

Voted that the charge of this meeting being is iod be paid by 
y e Comittee appointed at a former meeting 

Voted that this meeting be adjourned to the first monday of 
Sep r next to meet at this place at 5 : o A Clock afternoon 

Daniel Heywood mod r 

Entered may. 6. 1760 John Chandler pro" Cle 

Worcester ss To Daniel Heywood Esq r of Worcester one of 
the Principel Proprietors of y e Comon and undivided Land in S d 
Town Greeting 



3<30 Records of the Proprietors. [ i 76 1 . 

Whereas seven of the Principal Proprietors of y e Comon and 
undivided Land in said Town of Worcester have by writing under 
their hands made application to me the Subscriber one of his maj- 
estys Justices of y e peace for S d County Requesting me to make 
out a warrant Directed to one of the Principel Proprietors of said 
Comon and undivided Land for, calling a meeting of said Pro- 
prietors to be held at y e House of you the said Daniel Heywood 
In said Town on Fryday the sixth Day of november next two 
oClock afternoon there and then to act on y e following articles 

First to choose a moderator 
2 dv For the Proprietors to Grant such sums of mony as shall be 
necessary for y e Discharging y e Cost of y e action Jonathan 
Gates of S d Worcester Recovered against the proprietors or 
to order the Payment In such way and manner as they shall 
think Proper as also to order the Payment for the Sums Ex- 
pended by the Comitte of the Proprietors in the Defense of 
said action 

3 for the Proprietors to come into some method for satisfying 

Joshua Bigelo for y e Land Recovered of him by said Gates 
and to order the Damage he has Sustained to be paid to him 

4 To Choose a Proprietors Clerk in the Room of the Hon ble John 

Chandler who desires to Resign 

seal These are Therefore to Require you the said Daniel Heywood 
[252] forthwith Pursuant to y e Directions of y e Law to notifie the 
said Proprietors to meet and assemble themselves at time and 
Place aforesaid then and there to act and vote on y e articles afore- 
said as they shall Judge Proper said notice to be Given by posting 
up the Particulars in some Publick Place in Worcester at Least 
fourteen Days before said meeting 

hereof fail not and make Return hereof with your Doings herein 
to said Proprietors 

Given under my hand and seal this 21 Day of October a D 1 761 
in y e first year of y e Kings Reign 

Timothy Paine Jus 1 Pacis 



1 761.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 301 

Worcester nov 6 : 1761 I Warned all y e Proprietors of Wor- 
cester to meet at time & Place within mentioned to act on y e 
within articles by Posting up a True and attested Copy of this 
Warrant at a Publick House in said Town fourteen Days before 
y e meeting $ Daniel Heywood 



at a meeting of y e Proprietors of y e Comon & undivided Land 
in the Town of Worcester at the House of major Daniel Heywood 
on fryday the Sixth Day of nov a D 1761 

Major Daniel Heywood was Chosen moderator 

att John Chandler Proprietors Clerk 

on the second article voted that major Daniel Heywood & Cap 1 
Jacob Hemingway be a Comitte to audit the accounts Relative to 
y e suit the Proprietors Lost with Jonathan Gates and also to Re- 
port y e Cost Recovered In y e Execution at the adjournment of 
this meeting 

on the third article voted that Cap* John Curtis and m r Phinehas 
Heywood be Desired on oath to apprise the Land Jonathan Gates 
Recovered against m r Joshua Biglo which the Proprietors sold 
him as also y e Damages said Biglo sustains by Reason of y e Loss 
of y e Land 

on the fourth article voted that John Chandler Ju r Esq r be Pro- 
prietors Cler in y e Room of y e Hon ble John Chandler Esq r also 
voted that he Receive the book & Papers of y e Late Proprietors 
Clerk and Give him a Receipt for them after he is sworn 

who was sworn In the meeting 

[253] Voted that this meeting be adjourned to monday the twenty 
third Day of november Currant at three oClock afternoon to be 
held at this Place att Daniel Heywood moderator 

the aforegoing Warrant & Warning & Votes Consequent thereon 
was Entered & Compared $ John Chandler Jr Prop Clerk 

Worcester ss : To Daniel Heywood of Worcester in the County 
of Worcester Esq and a Principel Proprietor of y e Comon and un- 
divided Land In said Town 



3<32 Records of the Proprietors. [1761. 

Whereas Six of said Proprietors have made application to me 
the Subscriber one of his majestys Justices of the Peace for said 
County Requesting me to make out a Warrant Directed to some 
one of said Proprietors to meet at y e House of major Daniel Hey- 
wood In Worcester on monday the 23 d Day of november Currant 
at three oClock afternoon there and then to act on the following 
articles viz' — To Choose a Comitte to settle the accounts of y e 
mony now in the hands of y c Comitte for y e Paying the Proprietors 
Each one his Respective proportion of y e mony the Comon Land 
sold for and Receive the Ballance Discharge y e old Comitte and 
to order the same in the hands of such Person or Persons as the 
Proprietors shall Judge Proper to be Disposed of agreeable to the 

votes of said Proprietors 

seal You are therefore hereby Desired to Warn and notifie the said 
Proprietors agreeable to the Direction of y e Law to meet and as- 
semble at time and Place aforesaid then and thers to act on y c 
afore mentioned articles and make Return hereof with your Doings 
hereon to said Proprietors before y e said meeting 

Given under my hand and seal this Ninth day of november 
a D 1 761 In y e second year of his majestys Reign 

Tim° Paine 

Worcester nov 3 d 176 1 I warned the Proprietors of Worcester 
to meet at time & place & for the Purposes above mentioned by 
Posting up a true & attested Copy of this Warrant at a Publick 
House in said Town fourteen Days before the meeting 

'$ Daniel Heywood 



[254] at a meeting of the Proprietors of y c Comon and undivided 
Land in the Town of Worcester at y e House of major Daniel Hey- 
wood on monday y e 23 d day of nov r a D 1761 

major daniel Heywood was chosen moderator 

atts John Chandler Jr Proprietors Cler 

on the article of y e Warrant voted that mess Joshua Biglo John 
Chaddick & Jacob Hemingway be a Comitte to audit the accounts 
of y e Comitte of y e Proprietors of Worcester for paying Each one 



1 761.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 303 

his Respective Proportion of y e mony the Comon Land sold for & 
Report y e Sums of mony now in their Hands and to Report at this 



meeting- 



the above Comitte Reported that there is now in the hands of 

y e Hon ble John Chandler Esq Recekening Interest 59:9: 7 

In y e Hands of major Daniel Heywood j , 

Recekoning Interest ) ' *> ' 



69 : 1 1 : 1 



In y e hands of John Chandler Jr nothing 

as by this Report on file appears which was Read & accepted 

Whereupon it was voted by the Proprietors that upon y e said 
Comittees paying y e above sum into the hands of y e Person to be 
appointed to Receive y e same they be Discharged 

voted that John Chandler Jr Receive the within sum of sixty 
nine pound Eleven Shillings & a penny and that he pay the same 
agreeable to y e vote and order of y e Proprietors 

voted that after John Chandler Jur has paid the charges of y e 
suit Jonathan Gates Recovered against y e proprietors y e charge of 
y e Comitte for Defending y e same and the Damage & Cost S d Josh- 
ua Biglo Sustained by y c Loss of y e Land and the Expenses of y e 

meeting being twenty two shillings & seven pence that he pay 

what still shall Remain in his hands to such Persons who have not 
Received their proportion of y e mony ariseing by y e sale of y e 
Comon Land in said Town they making out a Legel Claim and 
that he take Proper Receipts to secure the Proprietors so far as 
the same will Extend as also any other sum he may Receive for 
the Proprietors In Consequence of y e sale of any Comon Land 

The aforegoing votes Passed at said meeting 

att Daniel Heywood 

Entered from the original '$ John Chandler Jr Proprietors Cler 



[255] at a meeting of the Proprietors of y e Comon and undivided 
Land In the Town of Worcester this twenty third day of november 
a D 1 76 1 by adjournment from y e sixth Day of november currant 
and then met 



304 Records of the Proprietors. [ 1 76 1 . 

Major Daniel Heywood and Cap* Hemingway a Comittee ap- 
pointed on y e sixth of november Last for auditing y e accounts 
Relative to y e action Jonathan Gates Recovered against y e Pro- 
prietors Reported that they had Examined y e accounts of John 
Chandler Jr and find 

Due to him y e sum of 14 : 14 : 8 \ 

To m r Joshua Biglo y e sum of 5 : 12 : 10 
The Execution against y e Proprietors 

Including y e officers fees 13 : 7 : S 

33- l 5 • 2 h 
which Report being Read was accepted and thereupon voted 
that John Chandler Jr Pay y e Same out of y e mony He this Day 
Received of y e Hon ble John Chandler Esq <$: major Daniel Hey- 
wood a former Comittee appointed for y e Paying y e Respective 
Sums due to the Proprietors for y e mony ariseing by y e sale of y e 
Comon and undivided Land in said Town Cap' John Curtis and 
Phinehas Heywood being appointed a Comitte on oath to apprise 
y e Land Jonathan Gates Recovered of y e Proprietors which they 
sold Joshua Biglo — as also y e Damage said Biglo sustained being- 
first sworn and on oath Reported that he had sustained fifteen 
pound & fore pence Damage whereupon it was voted that the 
said John Chandler Ju r Pay him said sum out of y e mony said 
Chandler this Day Received of y e aforenamed John Chandler Esq 
& major Daniel Heywood to y e said Joshua Biglo he y e said Biglo 
Giving a full Reliese to y e Proprietors of all his Demands against 
y e Proprietors Relative to y e Land sold by them to him Lying 

north of Kellogs Lott 

The aforegoing votes Passed at said meeting 

att Daniel Heywood moderator 

Entered from y e original votes <j? John Chandler Prop 8 Cler 



1 761.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 305 

[256] The Proprietors of Worcester Deb 1 

1761 

nov 23 To Cash pd myself my acl: 14 : 14 : 8 \ 

To Cash pd Joshua Biglo his act 5 : 12 : 10 

pd Do for Damages sustained by Gates 

Judgment 15 : o : 4 

pd y e Execution against y e Proprietors 

& y e fees 13 : 7 : 8 

pd y e Expenses of y e meeting of 

y e Proprietors 1 : 2 : 7 

pd Joshua Rice Heirs what was Due ) 

to them for their Comon Land j 1:10: 8 



5<: 8 

pd y e Expenses of y e meeting april 1762 o : 6 

april 20 1762 pd Cap' Palmer Goulding 13 : 6 
1764 

Ofto 19 pd for searching y e Records to Know ) 

what Land was sold j o 1 6 



.£72: 5 



9 ft 

o 

8 



10 1 



65 : 3 : 10 

1770 march 31 pd Daniel Heywood agreeable 

to y c vote of y e 26 Current 7 : 1 : 3 



[257] Contra Cr 

1 761 nov 23 ~$ Cash Reed of y e Hon ble 

John Chandler Esq 59 : 9 : 7 

~§ Do of major Daniel Heywood 10 : 1 : 6 



1767 march 12 ^ Cash of Jacob Hemingway^ ^69 : n : 1 
for seven Rights he Rec d which he had } 
no Right too y e same belonging to ( 00 

Joshua Rices adm s 

march 9 1769 ^ Cash of Capt Goodwin 2 : 14 : o 



72 : 5 

PROP. KKC. 



306 Records of the Proprietors. [1762. 

[258] Worcester ss : Daniel Heywood Esq. a Proprietor in the 
comon and undivided Land in the Town of Worcester In the 

County of Worcester 

^^ Whereas nine of said Proprietors have made application 
V / to me y e Subscriber one of his majestys Justices of y e 
peace for y e County of Worcester Desireing me to notifie 
a meeting of said Proprietors to be at y e House of major Daniel 
Heywood In Worcester on monday the twelfth Day of april next 
five oClock after noon then & there to aft on y e following articles 

1 To Choose a moderator 

2 to see if y e Proprietors will make any Grant of Land or mony 
to Cap' Palmer Goulding in Consequence of y e Land Recovered 
by the Heirs of Jonathan moore Dec* 1 which Land said Goulding 
sold Cap' Thomas Stearnes and said Stearns sold Joshua Biglo 
and is y e same Land Laid out to said Goulding and Recorded to 
him in the Proprietors Records 

3 lv for y e Proprietors to chuse a Comitte to Prosecute any 
Person who is in y e Possession of any of their Land or that have 
any of their monys in their Hands and to make Suitable Grants of 
mony for Pursuing any action or actions that y e Proprietors shall 
order 

You are therefore Hereby appointed to Notifie said Proprietors 
to meet and assemble at time and place above mentioned then and 
there to act on y e foregoing articles and make Return hereof with 
your Doings hereon to y e Clerk of said Proprietors at said meet- 



ing- 



Given under my hand and seal this twenty third day of march 
anno Dom 1762 Tim" Paine 

Worcester april 12: 1762 I have warned the Proprietors of 
Worcester to meet at time and Place within mentioned to act on 
y e within articles by Posting up a true copy of y e within Warrant 
at a Publick House in said Town fourteen Days before y e meeting 

Daniel Heywood 



1762.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 307 

[259] at a Legal meeting of the Proprietors of y e Comon and un- 
divided Land In the Town of Worcester at y e House of major 
Daniel Heywood on monday the 12 th Day of april a D 1762 five 
oClock afternoon 

major Daniel Heywood was Chosen moderator 

att John Chandler Jr Proprietors Clerk 

voted that this meeting be adjourned to y e 19 th Instant at 5 

oClock afternoon to be held at this Place 

att Daniel Heywood moderator 

Entered from y e original Warrant & votes & compared there- 
with ^P John Chandler Proprietors Cler 

at a meeting of the Proprietors of y e Comon and undivided 
Land In y e Town of Worcester at y e House of major Daniel Hey- 
wood in Worcester on y e 19 th Day of april a D 1762 five oClock 
afternoon by adjournment from the twelfth Day of april Currant 
then mett 

on y e second article voted that y e sum of thirteen pound Six 
shillings and Eight pence Lawfull mony be and hereby is Granted 
unto Capt Palmer Goulding in full consideration of y e Land Re- 
covered by y e Heirs of Jonathan moore Dec* 1 which the said 
Goulding sold to Capt Thomas Stearnes and said Stearnes to 
Joshua Biglo and that y e Proprietors Clerk pay y e same out of y e 
^rnony in his hands and charge y e same to y e Proprietors he 
Taking said Gouldings Discharge for y e same 

voted that John Chandler Ju r and Joshua Biglo be and are 
hereby Chose a Comittee In y e name of y e Proprietors to sue for 
the Possession of any peice or peices of Land any person or Per- 
sons have unjustly Got into the Possession- of belonging to the 
Proprietors or that have any of y e Proprietors monys in their Hands 
and that y e Expenses of such suit or suits be born by y e Propriety 

voted that y e Expenses of this meeting being six shillings and 
ten pence half peney be paid by y e Proprietors Cler out of y e mony 
In his Hands y e aforegoing votes passed at said meeting 

att Daniel Heywood moderator 

Entered from y e original votes & compared therewith 

$ John Chandler Jr Pro Cler 



308 Records of the Proprietors. [ x 764. 

[260] Worcester ss To John Chandler Esq r Clerk to y e Proprie- 
tors of y e Comon and undivided Lands in Worcester Greeting 

Whereas a Number of said Proprietors have Requested that 
there might be a meeting of said Proprietors held at y e house of 
major Daniel Heywood In Worcester on monday y e ninth Day of 
January next at five oClock afternoon first to choose a moderator 
2 d to see if y e Proprietors will order any sum of mony to be paid 
to y e heirs of y e Late Benj a Flagg Esq r and Jonas Rice Esq r & to 
m r John Chaddick In order to Enable them to settle the Dispute 
that has Lately arisen about y e Hill In said Town called millstone 
Hill which they sold to said Heywood as a Comittee of said Pro- 
prietors & which hath since been adjudged to belong to y e town 
of Worcester they having by mistake sold said Hill to said Hey- 
wood as comon & undivided Land or to do any thing Relative 
thereto that y e Proprietors shall then Judge Proper 

,''~ v \ These are Therefore to Impower you y e said John Chand- 
^^/ ler to notifye y e said Proprietors to meet at time & place 
aforesaid to acl on y e above matters by Posting up Proper 
notice thereof in some Publick Place in said town fourteen Days 
before said meeting as y e Law Directs and to make Return hereof 
with your Doings hereon unto said Proprietors at S d meeting 

Given under my hand and seal this nineteenth Day of Dece r 
a D 1763 in y e fourth year of his majestys Reign 

Tim Paine Just Pac 9 

Worcester ss Dec 24 : 1763 I have warned and notifyed y e 
Proprietors aforesaid to meet at time and place & fcr y e Purposes 
above mentioned by Posting up a true and attested Copy of this 
Warrant at y e House of major Daniel Heywood In S d Worcester 

John Chandler Prop Cler 



at a Legal meeting of y e Proprietors of y e Comon and undivided 
Land In y e Town of Worcester at y e House of major Daniel Hey- 
wood on monday y e ninth Day of January a D 1764 

att John Chandler Prop Cler 



1764.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 309 

voted that Daniel Heywood John Chandler & Joshua Biglo 
[261] be a Comittee to Examine whither y e mony for which mill 
stone Hill was sold by y e Comittee of y e Proprietors was ever ac- 
counted for by y e Comittee to y e Persons to whom they were 
ordered to pay y e same by y e Proprietors and that they make Re- 
port at y e adjournment of this meeting voted that this meeting 

be adjourned to monday y e thirteenth Day of February next five 
oClock afternoon to be held at this place the aforegoing votes 
Passed at said meeting att Daniel Heywood 



at a meeting of y e Proprietors of y e Comon and undivided Land 
in y e Town of Worcester at y e House of major Daniel Heywood 
on y e thirteenth Day of Feb 1 ", five oClock afternoon *$ adjourn- 
ment from y e ninth Day of January Last 

voted that this meeting be adjourned to y e first monday of april 
a D 1764 at six oClock afternoon to be held at this place 

Daniel Heywood 



att a meeting of y e Proprietors of y e Comon and undivided Land 
In Worcester at y e House of major Daniel Heywood on y e first 
monday In april ad 1764 six oClock afternoon by adjournment 
from y e 13 th of February Last voted that this meeting be adjourned 
to monday y e 2 7 th Day of august next 6 oClock afternoon to be 
held at this place Daniel Heywood 



at a meeting of y e Proprietors of y e Comon and undivided Land 
In Worcester at y e House of major Daniel Heywood on y e Twenty 
seventh Day of august a D 1764 six oClock afternoon by adjourn- 
ment from y e first monday In april Last 

voted that John Chandler Esq Jacob Hemingway & Cap' Israel 
Jenison and Cap 1 James Goodwin be a Comittee to Examine y e 
County Records and see what Land y e Comittee for selling Lands 
have sold the considerations in y e Deeds mentioned y e mony paid 
In Expenses & y e sum paid by order of y e Proprietors that so y e 
Proprietors may be able to Determine whether y e Comittee for 



310 Records of the Proprietors. [ 1770. 

selling Land have accounted for all y e mony they Received and 
the charge of searching be paid by y e Clerk out of y e mony in his 
hands Voted that this meeting be adjourned to monday the [262] 
twenty fourth Day of Sept next at six oClock afternoon to be held 
at this place y e aforegoing votes Passed at S d meeting 

att Daniel Heywood 

The aforegoing Warrant & Votes were Entered from y e original 
& compared therewith °§ John Chandler Prop Cler 

Worcester ss To the Hon ble John Chandler Esq. Clerk of the 
Proprietors of y e Comon and undivided Land In Worcester In y e 

County of Worcester You are hereby Required forthwith to 

Warn and Give notice unto y e Proprietors of y e Comon and undi- 
vided Land In y e Town of Worcester In y e County of Worcester 
to meet and assemble at y e House of major Daniel Heywood In 
Worcester on monday the twenty sixth day of march at four oClock 
after noon then and there to ac~l on y e following articles viz 1 

I To Choose a moderator 

I I for y e Proprietors to order if they see Cause to Reimburse 
Daniel Heywood y e sum of mony he paid the Proprietors for a 
tracl of Land sold by their Comittee to him Lying In said Town 
at a place Called millstone Hill the same having been Recovered 
in a Due course of Law from his assigns or to Grant him Releite 
in such way & manner as to them shall seem Just & Reasonable 

hereof fail not and make Return hereof with your Doings hereon 
unto y e said Proprietors at said meeting Given under my hand 
and seal at Worcester the fifth Day of march anno Dom 1770 

Tim Paine Just Pacis 

Worcester march 9 : 1770 In obedience to y e above Warrant 
I Warned all y e Proprietors of y e Comon and undivided Land in 
Worcester to meet at time & place above mentioned by Posting up 
a true & attested Copy of this Warrant at a Publick House In said 
Worcester more then fourteen Days before y e meeting 

John Chandler Prop 5 Cler 
Entered from y e original & Comp' 1 therewith 

$ John Chandler Prop* Cler 



177°-] Worcester, Massachusetts. 311 

[263] Worcester march 26 1770 at a meeting of Propr 8 of y e 
Comon & undivided Lands In Worcester four oClock after noon 
after Legal warning Given 

Capt James Goodwin was chosen moderator 

att John Chandler Prop" Cler 

Whereas it appears to y e Proprietors that there is now in the 
hands of John Chandler Esq y e sum of seven pound one shilling 
& three pence Lawful mony y e same having Laid in his hands for 
some time past and no person or Persons having Laid in their 
Claim agreeable to former votes of the Proprietors to Receive y e 
same and whereas it appears to said Proprietors that major Daniel 
Heywood who Purchased nearly one Hundred acres of Land on 
millstone Hill of y e Proprietors Comittee y e same being Recovered 
of him or his assigns in Due course of Law Therefore voted that 
y e said John Chandler Pay said Daniel Heywood said sum of seven 
pounds one shilling and three pence now in his hands Provided 
the said Heywood Give a sufficient Release to y e Proprietors from 
any further Claim Relative to y e sale aforesaid and that y e said 
John Chandler be & hereby is Indemnifyed from any further 
Demand from y e Proprietors for said sum of seven pound one 
shilling & three pence 

the aforegoing vote Passed at said meeting 

att James Goodwin moderator 

Entered from y e original & Compared therewith 

^ John Chandler Prop 8 Cler 

[264] [Blank] 

[265] Whereas on y e twenty sixth Day of march Currant at a Le- 
gal meeting of y e Proprietors of y e Comon and undivided Land 
In Worcester they voted that John Chandler Esq 1 " Pay unto me y e 
Subscriber the sum of seven pound one shilling & three pence 
Lawful mony for y e Damages sustained by means of their Comittee 
selling a tra6t of Land containing nearly one Hundred acres on y e 
Hill Called millstone Hill in said Worcester y e same having been 
Recovered of my assigns In due Course of Law I Giving a suffi- 



12 Records of the Proprietors. [ T 774- 



cient Reliese to y e Proprietors for any further claim Relative to y e 
sale of said Land hy y e Proprietors Comittee aforesaid I hereby 
acknowledge I have this Day Received of said John Chandler Esq r 
said sum of seven pound one shilling and three pence and do 
hereby fully & absolutely Discharge y e Proprietors of y e Comon 
& undivided Lands in Worcester from any further Demand by 
Reason of y e sale aforesaid Witness my hand and seal this twenty 

eighth Day of march a D 1770 

[seal] 
Y e Discharge Recorded in y e Registry of Deed 



[266] To the Hon hle Timothy Paine Esq. one of His majestys 
Justices of y e peace for y e County of Worcester We the Subscri- 
bers Proprietors of y e Comon and undivided Land In Worcester 
In y e County of Worcester Hereby Desire Your Honour to Grant 
a Warrant Directed to some one of y e subscribers In Calling a 
meeting of said Proprietors to be Held at the House of Capt Wil- 
liam Jones Inholder In Worcester on monday the fourth Day of 
april next at two of y e Clock afternoon then and there to a6t on 
y e following articles 

vizt 1 to choose a moderator . 

2 to choose [a] Comittee to assertain y e bounds of y e Comon 
and undivided Lands Lying between y e Land of y e Heirs of John 
Boyden Late of Worcester Dec d and y e french meadows so called 
and to come into some method to sell and Dispose of y e same as 
y e Proprietors shall Judge Proper & if y e Proprietors [vote] to sell 
such Comon and undivided Land to choose a Comittee for y e 
Purpose & Give Directions concerning y e same 

3 To order if they see cause that a Plan of Twelve acres & half 
of Land Laid out by W" Young In January 1769 to Compleat a 
Grant made to Jacob Holmes be Recorded 

John Chandler nath" moore 

Worcester march 14 1774 Daniel Ward James Goodwin 

mary Stearnes Tim" Biglo 

James Brown David Chaddick 



1 774-] Worcester, Massachusetts. 313 

Worcester ss To the Hon ble John Chandler Esq one of y e Pro- 
prietors of y e Comon and undivided Land in Worcester In the 
County of Worcester Greeting 

•'""% Y° u are Hereby Required to notifie according to Law the 
• w ,- Proprietors of y e Comon and undivided Land in Worces- 
ter In S d County to meet at time & place in y e above ap- 
plication mentioned then and there to act on y e several articles 
therein Contained and make Return hereof with your Doings here- 
on to S d Proprietors at said meeting Given under my hand & 
seal at Worcester In S d County [267] on y e fifteenth Day of march 
In y e fourteenth year of His majestys Reign anno Dom 1774 

Tim" Paine Just Pacis 
Worcester ss april 4: 1774 I warned the Proprietors of y e 
Comon and undivided Land in Worcester to meet at time and 
Place & for y e Purposes herein mentioned by Posting up a true 
and attested Copy of this Request & warrant at a Publick House 
in Worcester Eighteen Days before v e meeting 

John Chandler 



at a Legal meeting of y e Proprietors of y e Comon and undivided 
Land in y e Town of Worcester at y e House of Capt William Jones 
In Worcester on monday y e fourth Day of april a D 1774 at two 
oClock afternoon 

John Chandler Esq was unanimously Chosen moderator 

att John Chandler Prop 8 Cler 

voted that Joshua Biglo and John Chandler Esq of Worcester 
and m r John Childs Jur of Holden be a Comittee to assertain y e 
bounds of y e meadow Lotts on french River and take a survey 
thereof as also y e Comon Land adjoyning and make Report at y e 
adjournment of this meeting 

voted that this meeting be adjourned to Tuesday y e 1 7 th Day of 
may next at five oClock afternoon to be held at this Place 

att John Chandler moderator 

Entered from y e original & Compared therewith 

y John Chandler Pro 8 Clerk 

PROP. REC. . „ 

40 



3 H Records of the Proprietors. [ I 774- 

[268] at a meeting of y e Proprietors of y e Comon and undivided 
Land in Worcester by ajournment from y e fourth day of april to 
y e 1 7 th Day of may at y e House of William Jones In Worcester 5 

"'Clock afternoon y e Comittee appointed on y e fourth day of 

april Last to assertain y e bounds of y e meadow Lotts on trench 
River & to assertain y e bounds of y e Comon & undivided Land 
adjoyning made Report that they had attended said service & are 
of opinioh that there is no Comon adjoyning S d meadow which 
Report was accepted 

voted that this meeting be adjourned to y e second monday In 
august next at five oClock afternoon to be held at this Place 

att John Chandler. moderator 

Entered from y e original & compared therewith 

*$ John Chandler Prop Cler 

at a meeting of y e Proprietors of y 2 Comon & undivided Land 
In Worcester by adjournment to y e second monday In august a D 
1774 5 °Clock afternoon 

on y e third article in y e Warrant y e Question was put whither y e 
Plan of twelve acres & a half of Land Laid out In January 1769 
to Compleat a Grant made to Jacob Holmes on y e 13 th of February 
1737/8 of fifteen acres be Recorded & it passed in y e affirmative 

att John Chandler moderator 

Entered from y e original &: compared therewith 

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at the Desire of Capt Thomas Stearnes I have Surveyed twelve 
acres & an half of Land Laying in Worcester to be Laid out on 
Jacob Holmes Right said twelve acres and an Half was surveyed 
January 1 769 and Lay as Discribed in this Piatt 

Surveyed ^ W m Young 

Entered from y e original & Compared therewith 

~$ John Chandler Prop 8 Clerk 



[The following petition, warrant and record of meeting relating to the 
election of a clerk in the place of Hon. John Chandler, who had become 
a refugee, the recovery of the hooks, etc., were written upon two loose sheets. 
They are here placed in chronological order. Upon one of the sheets is the 
bill of expenses of the committee appointed in 17 13 to aid in the settlement 
of the town. This is printed at the end of the Record on page 318. — F. P. R.] 

To Daniel Henshaw Esq r a Justice of the Peace for the Countey 
of Worcester in the province of the massachusetts Bay in New 
England the Subscribers proprietors of the township of Worcester 



3 1 6 Records of the Proprietors. [1776. 

in the Countey of Worcester petition and humbly Sheweth that 
John Chandler Esq r has been for many yers Clerk of said pro- 
prietors and has had the keeping of the proprietors Books papers 
and money & now has fled off from the town of Worcester among 
the Refugees wee therefore pray that your Honor would grant a 
Warrant for Calling a meeting of the proprietors for the purposes 
her in after mentioned one the last monday of June next at the 
Dwelling house of mrs mary Sterns inholder in Worcester at one a 
Clock in the afternoon then and there to transact the following 
matters viz to Choose a moderator of said meeting a Clerk of the 
proprietors to Receive the proprietors Books papers and money 
and if they see Cause may Chuse assessors Collectors of taxes a 
Treasurer a Serveyouer Chain men to Determine what sums of 
money shall bee Raised to Defrey the Charges that have or may 
arise and to pass all such votes as by them may bee thought Con- 
ducive to promot the Intrest of said propriety and to agree upone 
methods for Calling meetings for the future and your petitioners 
shall ever pray &c 

Dated at Worcester 23 may 1776 

Joshua Bigelo w James Brown 

Absolam Rice Robert Smith 

Jacob Hemenway John Gats 



Worcester ss To John Gates one of the proprietors of the 
township in the foregoing petition Greeting 

-^ You are hereby Required to Notifie and warn the pro- 
V eal / prietors of said township to meet at the Dwelling House 
of mrs mary Sterns Inholder in Worcester one the last 
monday in June next att one a Clock in the afternoon for the pur- 
pose sett forth in the said petition Given under my hand & seal 
this 23 may AD 1776 Daniel Henshaw Ju[stice of the Peace] 

In pursuance of the foregoing warrante I have Notified the pro- 
prietors within named to attend at time and place with in men- 
tioned John Gats 



1788.] Worcester, Massachusetts. 317 

In obedance to the fore Going warrant the proprietors meet at 
time and place within mentioned and passed the following vots 

1 voted that Joshua Bigelow be moderator of this meeti[ng] 

2 that Joshua Bigelow be Chosen proprietors Clark in the 
Rome of John Chandler 

3 voted that Jacob Hemenway and Robrte Smith and Absolam 
Rice Bee a Committey to wait one M rs Chandler with Joshua 
Bigelow and Receve the Books 

4 voted that this meeting be adjourned to the second mondey 
in July attest Joshua Bigelow moderator 

[270 & 271] [Blank] 

[272] To Benj a Heywood Esqr We the Subscribers pray your 
Honour would forthwith call a Proprietors meeting of this Town 
as the Law directs in such cases for the following purposes (viz) 

i 8t To choose a Moderator 

2 d To see in as much as the proprietors Clerk now standing is 
much adva[n]ced in age and unable to do any duty in that 
office whether the Proprietors will choose another Clark in 
his room 

and to do and act on the above as they shall see fit 



Worcester February 6 th 1 788 Ebenezer Willington 

William Taylor 
Jacob Hemingway 
Nath 1 Moore 
Jonathan Rice 
John Stowers 
Joshua Johnson 
John White 
Robert Smith 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
,>*"N Worcester ss To Jonathan Rice one of the principal 
v / proprietors above named 

The above request being mad to me one 
of the Justice of the peace for the County of Worcester you are 



1 



1 8 Records of the Proprietors. [1788. 



hereby dire6r.ec! and impowered to warn a meeting of the Proprie- 
tors of the Town of Worcester in manner as the Law direcls to be 
holden at the House of m r John S[t]owers Inn-holder in S d Wor- 
cester on Thusday y e 6 th day of September next at three of the 
clock in afternoon for the purpose in the foregoing request main- 
tained ; for wich this shall be your Warrent 

Given under my hand and seal at Worcester the nineteenth day 
of august in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred 
and Eighty eight Benj" Heywood Jus. Peace 

[The original warrant is endorsed as follows:] 

September the 5 1 788 In Obedience to the within warrant I 
have Notified & warned in the usual way & maner the within 
Named proprietors to attend at time & place within mentioned 

Jonathan Rice . 



[Bill of expenses of the committee appointed in 1713 to effect the reset- 
tlement of Worcester. See pages 59 to 62 and note on page 315.] 

The Town of Worcester Or 

1714 
Dec r . 16 th To y e Comittee for their Expenses | 
at their several meetings & in their j 
journey to Worcester in order to the J- 
Settling the S d Town &c w eh was £ 16,, 09,, 2 
p d in equal proportion by y e Comittee 



[end of the record.] 



CORRECT/OX: 
Page 173. At end of sixth line from bottom supply •'country road. 



; Subscribers' Names. 



,22 



Subscribers Names. 



Number of 
Copies. 



Hon. William W. Rice, 

Thomas M. Lamb, Esq. 

Mr. William A. Emerson, 

Mr. Henry F. Stedman, 

Andrew Athy, Esq. 

Mr. Alfred S. Roe, 

Gen. Augustus B. R. Sprague. 

Clarendon Harris, Esq. 

William T. Harlow, Esq. 

Mr. Henry I). Barber, 

Burton W. Potter, Esq. 

Hon. Edward L. Davis. 

Rev. George Allen, 

Mr. William B. Howe, 

Daniel Seagrave, Esq. 

Mr. Augustus Stone, 

Mr. Edward B. Hamilton, 

Samuel E. Staples, Esq. 

Mr. Waldo Lincoln, 

William A. Smith, Esq. 

Harvey B. Wilder, Esq. 

Mr. Elliott H. Peabody, 

Charles A. Chase, Esq. 

Hon. Henry P. Upham, 

Lewis W. Hammond, Esq. 

Massachusetts Historical Society, 

Francis A. Gaskill, Esq. 

Boston Public Library, 

Boston Athenaeum, 

Charles H. Guild, Esq. 



Worcester 



St. Paul, Minn. 
Worcester, 

Boston, 
Worcester, 
Boston. 

East Somerville, Mass. 



Subscribers Names. 



323 



Number nf 
( lopieR. 



Mr. George E. Littlefield, 

John A. Lewis. Esq. 
Thomas H. Dodge. Esq. 
George Sumner, Esq. 
Mr. Caleb A. Wall, 
Hon. Horace Davis, 
F. Bourquin, Esq. 
Mr. Charles B. Todd, 
Mr. Charles W. Fenno, 



Boston. 



Worcester, 



San Francisco, Cal. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Redding, Conn. 
East Orange, N. J. 



General Index. 






General Index. 



The names of persons and places are spelled in various ways in the 
original. The modern method is generally used in this index. 

A hyphen connecting two numbers denotes that the subject will be found 
on the intervening pages. 



Adams, Aaron, 54, 64. 73, 109, 115. 
117. 118, 121, 122, 129. 130, 
169, 190. 210, 225. 288. 
Thomas, 222, 24S. 
William, 30. 

Addington, Isaac, 60. 62. 

Agreements of the Settlers. 19, 31, 32 

Allen, Rev. Benjamin. 53. 64, 104, 
153, 166, 170. 183, 224. 

Allerton. [Atherton?] Thomas, 47, 51 

Andrew, Samuel. 12. 40. 281. 

Anne's War, Queen, 55. 

Apportionment of land. 15. 

Apthorp, Charles, 290. 

Ararat. Mount, 150, 153. 

Area of the Town, 13, 39. 

Atherton, 54, 115. 169, 171. 181. 

Thomas, 65.. 1 17, 1 19. 

Atwood. Philip, 23, 31. 

Auction, lands to be sold by, 263. 295 

Auditing Committee, 302, 304. 

B 

Baker. Thomas. 42. 
Ballantine John, 59. 77. 78. 
Barber, J. 53. 

Robert, 283. 
Barnes, Benjamin, 70. 151. 224. 
Barron, Benjamin, 64. 77, 88. 98. 
132, 138. 

John. 54. 98. 



Beamin, John, 31. 
Beamis. Joseph. 29. 
Bear Brook, 153, 184. 

Hill. 142. 

Meadow, 168. 

Beard. 288. 

Beaver Brook, no, 137, 162, 184. 

193. 194. 196, 238. 
Beers, Richard, 14. 19, 26, 40. 
Belcher, Andrew, 12, 14. 
Bigelow, Daniel. 114, 121, 122, 129, 
130, 160, 177. 234, 288. 

David, 53, 112. 

Joseph. 29. . 

Joshua. 29, 262. 278. 279. 295, 
298, 3°°-3°7- 309. 3'3- 3 10 ^ 

3"7- 

Timothy. 312. 
Bimeleck Hill, 80. 86, 89. 165. 170. 
Binney, Thomas, 54, 82, 108, in, 
112, 140. 157. 163, 170. 182, 
207. 
Binning. [Binney?] 196. 
Birge. John, 44. 
Bladder Pond, 106, 108, 215. 

Hill. 243. 
Blare.' Robert. 233. 235. 253, 254. 
Hogachoage. see Pachachoag. 
Boggle. 54- 

Alexander, 82, 157. 

Thomas, 1 1 2, 182. 
Bond. William. 44, 46- 49-5" • 



328 



General Index. 



Books. Proprietors' 10. 
Boston. 13, 21. 

Evening Post, sale of land to be 
advertised in. 264. 
Boston, Nathaniel. 266. 
Boundaries, disputes concerning, 261 

262. 266. 268. 270, 271. 
Boundary Lines established or re- 
newed, 216. 233, 239. 
Boyd. James. 290. 
Boyden. John, 312. 
Breeches, the, 133, 188. 
Bridge, Stone. 283. 
Brigham. Samuel, 25. 27. 29. 

Brown. 54, 149, 154. 213. 

Ichabod. 70. 88. 
Jacob. 63. 87. 
James, 283. 312, 316. 
Luke. 268. 269. 272. 
Thomas. 24. 25. 31, 50, 51. 70, 
87. 88. 105, 113, 154. 210, 
216, 224. 
Bull, Isaac, 51, 53, 54. 63, 71, 80, 86 
92. 94. 95, 142, 170. 172, 224. 
Burial Place. 38, 69, 184, 207. 244. 

246, 283. 
Burncoat Plain, 77. 88. 98. 
Burr, Rev. Isaac. 228, 231. 
Bush, Hezekiah, 64. 224. 
Butler. James, senior, 92. 

James, 62, 65, 66, 86. 92. 96. 
134, 142. 167. 174. 215, 224, 
251. 
Butler's Heirs, 204, 210. 



Caldwell, William, 222, 227. 240. 

Cambridge, 14. 

Cedar Swamp, 87. 169. 

Plain, 87. 
Cedar Swamps, votes concerning. 
222, 223. 2152, 266. 



Chaddick, David. 312. 

John. 263, 272. 275. 278. 281, 
283-285. 295, 299. 302, 308. 
Chainmen appointed. 222. 243, 256. 
Chandler, John, 258. 262, 263, 267. 
272. 277-281. 285-287, 289- 
296, 298. 300. 301. 303-305. 
John. Jr. 217, 219. 267, 272, 274 
275, 277-281. 283. 284, 295, 

2 97- 2 99. 301-304. 3°7- 3»7- 
Mrs. 317. 

Characteristics of the place, 13. 

Chestnut Hill, 73. 95, 144, 157, 179. 

188, 206. 227. 
Childs. John, Jr. (of Holden) 313. 
Citadel, the, 34-36. 42, 44, 46, 84. 
Claim, Indian. 20. 
Clark, Joseph, 264. 
Clerk chosen. 220, 301, 317. 
Committee to explore the country. 1 1 

12. Report of. 13. 
Committees appointed by the Cen- 

eral Court, 10, 19. 
Common Charges, how paid, 16. 
Conditions of the Crants, 10. 
Connecticut Road, 21. 23, 82. 88, 98, 

103. 
Corn Mill, see Grist Mill. 
Court House, Proprietors to meet at, 

243- 

Cowden, 2S1. 

Cowel. 43. 54, 63, S4. S5. 124, 

125, 129. 130. 158. 224. 
Crane. Benjamin, 26. 47. 
Creswait, Charles. 44. 

Crosby, 185. 207. 

Joseph. 155. 222. 226. 
Josiah. 164. 

Curtis. 142. 

Ephraim. 20, 22, 39. 53. 64, 69, 
82. 89, 103, in. 120, 137, 167 
196. 213. 215, 224. 238. 



General Index. 



329 



Curtis, John. 27, 28, 259, 301, 304. 
Curtis Farm, 140, 145, 161, 258. 

D 

Dana, Jacob, 24. 25. 
Richard, 24, 31. 

Daniel, Samuel. 54, 63, 80, 85, 86, 
124-127. 158, 225. 

Dansun, George. 42. 44. 45, 53. 64. 
163. 174. 175, 179. 183. 188, 
190, 203. 206. 209, 214, 215, 
224, 226, 23S, 255. 256, 264. 
287, 288. 

Danson's Brook, 258, 273. 

Davis, 53. 224. 

Samuel. 88. 

Debts to be paid. 227. 

Deed. Indian, 20. 

Dickson. James. 162. 201. 

Dividend to the Proprietors. 281. 

Dividing Dine, 158. 176. 1S8, 190, 
208. 210, 238. 243. 251. 

Dudley. Gov. Joseph. 60, 62. 
William. 59. 77. 78. 

Dutton, 53, 62, 92, 96. 



Eames, Gershora, 25. 27. 29. 
Eaton. Benjamin, 40. 

Toshua. 256. 
Ejectment, suit of, 298. 
Elliott, 54, 224. 

John. 63, 74-76. 102. 
Elliott and Smith, 119. 124. 131. 141 
Endships or Divisions. 15. 
Estate for maintenance of Gospel 

Ministry. 261;. 
Expenses of committee to settle Wor- 
cester. 318. 

F 

Fay, John. 27. 2S. 31. 

Fences to be pulled down, 245. 

First Grant of Land, 1 1 . 



Fisher, Joshua, 1 1. 

Fiske, David. 21, 24-26, 40, 42-44, 

46-48, 51. 
Fitch, Zachariah, petition of, 218. 

220. 225. 
Flagg, Asa, 278. 

Bartholomew. 288. 
Benjamin, 54, 108, 113-115, 1 17, 
145, 148, 149, 156, 165, 180, 

197, 205, 209, 213, 2l6, 222, 
230, 234, 250. 

Benjamin, Jr. 216, 218, 220. 222 
225, 226. 229. 230, 232-235, 
239-245» 249, 250, 252-264, 
267, 269. 270. 272-276. 278- 
281, 283, 285, 287, 288, 293. 
295. 308. 
Michel, 29, 31. 

Flag Hill, 156. 

Fletcher. Benjamin, 53. 88, 98, 177. 

Flint, John, (of Concord) 24. 

Forfeiture of lots, 17. 

Fort, Indian, 17, 

Fort River. 34. 

Foxcroft, Thomas, 236. 237. 266, 285 

French River, 74. 90. 121, 129, 1 30. 

1.35- J 3 6 > 139. ML 173. 181- 
183, 192, 203. 209, 214, 240, 
241, 2S1. 313, 314. 
Meadow, 312. 



Gardner, Rev. Andrew, 193, 204. 207 
Gates, Benjamin, 227. 240. 

John. 316. 

Jonathan. 244. 298. 300, 301, 

303, 305- 
Simon, 288. 
George, Isaac. 51. 
Gleason. Thomas, 54, 64, 70. 87. 1 14 

127. 146. 151. 181, 185. 186, 

190, 2IO, 222, 224. 
Goddard, Robert, 271. 



PROP. RKC. 



42 



33Q 



General Index. 



Good for nothing Plain, 196. 
Goodwin, James. 305, 309, 311, 312. 
Gookin, Daniel, 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, 
21. 23, 26. 31, 32, 38-46. 49- 

5»- 54- 74-77- 8 4< LJG 160. 
Daniel, Jr. 218, 221. 222. 224, 

226, 227. 231. 
Samuel, 21. 22. 

Goulding. S5, 120. 134, 167. 

170. 184, 209. 
Palmer, 63. 210, 215. 223. 227. 
23°- 235-237. 253-256. 263, 
264, 267, 274, 277. 280. 287, 
291. 292. 294-296. 305-307. 
Palmer, Jr. 269. 

Peter. 26, 46, 47, 53. 63. 89. 91, 
92. 108. 113. 114. 156, 175. 
192. 224, 233, 236. 281. 290. 
Grand Hill, 190. 199. 
Grass Plain. 96, 107. 112, 121. 

Gray, 126. 

John, 53. 114. 115, 124, 154. 

175, 198. 204. 
Matthew. 222, 240. 
William, 239. 242, 293. 
Great Meadow. 133. 142. 152. 
Green, Samuel, (of Leicester) 217. 
Green Hill, 182. 

Grist Mill, 17, 38, 45. 107. 21S. 221. 
Grover, Thomas. 27. 28. 31. 

H 

Haggatt, Thomas. 54. 64, 70. 71. 98, 
103, 140. 144. 161. 176. 188. 

198, 205. 224, 239. 275. 282. 
Halfway River, 73-75, 90. 99. no, 

ill. 113, 119. 131, 138. 141, 

144. 153- 158, 172, 179. 184, 

199. 201. 204. 207, 221. 
Hall, 192. 

Benjamin. [Thomas?] 21. 
Thomas, 26, 41. 42, 53, 82, 108, 
2'5- 223. 



Hambleton, James, 222, 233, 238, 
243, 281, 290. 

Haynes. David. 54. 64, 73, 109-111, 
138. 144, 160. 162. 166, 183. 
184, 199, 200, 208. 217, 220, 
223. 225, 226, 22S, 229, 232- 
238. 241-243. 251. jg@r His 
name as Surveyor appears on 
nearly every page from 65 to 
216. 
John. 1 1. 44, 49. 51. 
Josiah. n. 

Hemenway, Jacob. 301, 302, 305, 
309. 316. 317. 

Henchman, Daniel. 14, 19, 22-28, 31 

32, 34. 38. 39, 42, 44, 46, 48. 
49, 51. 54, 63, 79. 80. 84, 105 
108. 113-115. 117. 120, 124, 
126. 133, 142, 156, 157, 163, 
175. 181, 183. 188. 190, 206, 
210. 215. 222. 225, 257, 266, 
279. 290. 
Nathaniel. 40. 
Henshaw. Daniel, 315, 316. 
Hey wood, Benjamin, 317, 318. 

Daniel. 53. 54. 64, 69. 113, 131, 
137. 151. 160. 166. 172. 188. 
191, 204, 206, 207. 210. 217. 
218, 225. 226. 22S-232, 239, 
240, 242-249. 253-264, 267, 
269. 270, 272-282. 284, 285. 
287, 289-291, 294-311, 315. 
John, 69, 101. 

Josiah. 63, 89, 91. 134. 197. 276 
Phinehas, 301. 304. 
Hoar. Leonard, 22, 23, 47, 48. 54. 

64. 71, 82. 224. 
Holden, James. 54, 64, 67. 68. 90, 
109-111. 117. 119. 129, 130. 
172. 175. 195. 218. 221. 222. 
225. 256. 
John. 194. 
Holden. town of. 260. 



Genera/ Index. 



33* 



Holmes, Jacob, 137, 150, 153, 166. 
209, 238. 243, 248, 253. 255- 

257. 259, 312, 3H. 3'5- 
James, 53, 62, 94, 96, 150, 151. 
183, 188. 196, 207, 224. 

Homes. [Holmes?] 198. 199. 

House Lots, number of. 14. 
How. Thomas, 59. 65. 77, 78. 177. 
210. 

Hubbard. 137. 

John, 54. 64. 67, 97, 127. 147, 

166, 177, 208, 209. 224. 
Jonathan. 71, 82. 
Joseph. 172. 204. 

I 
Incumbrances to be removed, 218. 
Indian Deed. 20. 
Indian Hill. 81, 88. 



[enison, Israel. 283, 309. 

William, 217. 220-222. 225-233, 
240. 243-245, 247-249. 253.! 
254. 256, 258. 259. 261. 263, 
281. 284. 290. 
Jenkins. Daniel, 31. 

Joel. 24. ' 

Johnson, Edward, 11. 12. 14. 
Joshua. 317. 
William, 280. 286, 291. 

Jones, 207. 

Nathaniel. 53, 104, 107. 124. 
139, 141. 170. 174. 179, 192. 
195. 203. 209. 214, 215. 218, 
220. 221. 226, 243. 244, 251. 
264. 288. 
William, 312-314. 

K 

Kellog, John. 264. 

Kettle Brook, (also called Leicester 

and South Brook) 179, 183. 

188, 210. 



Kill))-. James. 218, 220. 
King. 162. 

Isaac. 163. 

Josiah, 157, 202. 

Peter, 54. 63. 117, 119, 121. 147 
168. 169. 201. 210, 225. 
King's Brook. 130. 
Knap. Francis. 53. 

H. 154. 

James, 123, 181. 200. 
Knight. Edward, 258. 
Knop. see Knap. 



Land for the Commonwealth. 14, 20. 
Learned. Ebenezer and Isaac, (of 

Oxford) 217. 
Lee, Henry, 53, 64, 88, 124. 135, 

136, 145. 154. 155, 180, 185, 

186. 194, 200, 208, 218, 221. 

222. 226-229, 234. 235. 240, 

245, 248, 253. 254. 257. 258, 

262. 
Leicester, 140, 188, 190. 216, 233, 

261, 262. 264. 266, 268. 270, 

271, 288. 
Leicester Brook, see Kettle Brook, 

Leonard, 68. 216. 235. 

Isaac. 63. 93. 140. 141, 165. 178 

224. 
Jacob. 53. 54, 62. 80, 85, 86. 95 

L33- 224. 
Moses. 54, 64. 81. 118, 143, 163 

173. 178, 181, 182, 196. 199. 

210, 224. 288. 
Samuel. 53. 64. 93, 104, 153, 183 

224. 
Thomas. 177. 194. 
Lime, persons who engaged to burn, 

218. 
Lincoln's History of Worcester, 11, 

20. 
Line. Dividing, see Dividing Line. 



33 2 



General Index. 



Livermore, 



53. I2 9- 



Daniel, 64. 90. 121. 224, 23? 

David. 177. 
Long Swamp. 91. 93. 
Lots, number of, 34. 
Lovell. Michael, 295. 
Lynd, Joseph. 44. 49. 

M 



Maclaland, 



144. 



Maclan, James, 181, 201, 203. 

William, 157. 
Maiden Church, grant to, II, 13, 39. 
78. 
Farm, 260. 
Manufactures to be promoted. 36. 39 
Marble, Jonathan. 53, 63, 89. 148, 
155, 156, 165. 170, 197, 224. 
Robert, 222. 
Marlborough, 13. 
Maryon. John. 64. 
Maynard, Joseph, 222. 
McClellan, James, 218. 
William. 283. 288. 
McConky, 222. 
McFarland. Andrew, 255. 
Meadow Land, division of. 15. 
Meeting House, land for, 16. 
Land near. 218. 244-246. 
Meeting House Plain. 146. 
Meetings, Proprietors', committee for 
calling. 254. 260, 261, 263, 
267. 274. 
Merriam, John, 88, 224. 
Meylin. [Mellen?] Symon, 21, 22, 

28. 30, 3t. 
Mill, see Grist Mill, Saw Mill. 
Mill Brook. 17. 23. 42. 44-46, 72. 73 
79. 80, 82-84, 87. 88, 94, 97, 
99, 101. 105. 117, 123. 126. 

>3'- L35' '3°. H5- *47- '54- 
156, 169, 181, 200. 204. 223. 
Meadow. 1 27. 



Miller, Isaac. 53, 89, 138, 145, 154. 
180, 181, 186, 198. 200. 
James, 138, 182. 

Mill Lot to be recovered, 218, 221, 
229. 

Millstone Hill, the property of the 
town. 235. 308. Other refer- 
ence to, 82. 108, 112, 115, 

2i3< 3°9-3U- 
Minister to be settled. 13, 38. 
Ministerial Land. 53, 63, 101, 113, 

148, 162. 168, 169, 184, 193, 
206, 218, 224. 237, 261, 263, 
265. 274, 280, 283. 291. 

Minister's Lot, 16, 26, 63, 102, 105, 

156. 225. 
Ministry, allowance for. 15. 16. 38. 

63- 
Estate for maintenance of. 265. 

Minot. Stephen, 53, 64, 103. 139, 140 

149, 154. 158, 171. 200. 224, 
242, 258, 275. 276. 284. 

Mistakes in the Survey to be rectified 

261, 280. 
Moore, Isaac, 288. 

James, 175. 215. 228, 230, 231. 
Jonathan, 95. 104, 170. 172. 192 

236. 306. 307. 
Nathaniel. 53, 54. 63, 71, 72. 99 
too. 105. 112, 114, 120, 126, 
129. 130, 142, 148, 156, 160. 
171-173, 190, 204, 210, 217, 
218. 221, 222, 224, 233, 234, 
256, 262, 264, 269, 288. 312, 

3*7- 

Mower, Samuel. 281. 283, 284. 

N 

Newberry. Trial. 24. 

New comb. 92, 167. 174- 

Newhall, Thomas, (of Leicester) 217 
Newspapers, Boston Weekly, 282. 
Newton. (Nuten) 64, 225. 



General Index 



333 



Nichols. (Nickels) 238. 

Nonsuch, 161. 
North Brook, 118. 

North Pond, 44, 117, 132, 154, 155, 
176, 180, 200. 

Brook. 117. 138, 139. 181. 256. 

Hill, 115. 119. 146, 151, 180, 
185, 1 86. 23S. 
Nowell, Increase, II. 
Noyes, Thomas, n-13. 20. 

O 

Oak Hill. 72, 73, 100, 115, 169. 
Orders of the General Court, 12, 59. 
Osland. Jonathan. 315. 
Oulton. see Palmer, Oulton & Waldo 
John, 108, 124. 126. 165, 191. 
204, 234. 238. 254. 255. 
Oxford, town of. 216. 
Oxford Road. 163. 181. 1 99. 202. 



Pachachoag, (or Bogachoge) Hill, 
40. 41, 75. 76, 90, 97, 100, 107 
112, 114, 121. 160, 165. 173. 
238, 2S8. 
Kiver, 41. 

Paine, 62. 74.96. 154, 156, 180, 

196. 198. 200. 
Timothy. 294, 300, 306, 312, 313 
William. 53, 64, 66. 103. 139. 
173. 224, 225, 280. 
Palmer. Eliakem, 266. 

Thomas. 105. 117. 124. 126, 133 
167, 215, 223. 236, 237, 243. 
251. 254. 255, 284, 287. 293. 
Palmer, ( )ulton and Waldo, 54, 83, 
86. 106. 107. 127. 130, 134. 
141. 142. 145, 154, 156. 158. 
160, 164. 170, 172, 175. 177, 
181. 194, 200, 204. 210. 222. 
Parker, 'Thomas. 241, 288. 
Parmeter. George, 53, 63. 94. 



Partridge Berry Swamp, 113. 
Paul. John, 28, 30. 31. 
Peibles, Robert, 222, 238. 243. 

Peirpoint. 42, 46. 

Penalty for not clearing highways, 16 

Permanent Settlement, 55. 

Petitions to General Court, II, 20. 55 

Philip's War. King, 30. 

Pine Meadow, 82. 83, 134. 198. 209, 

237- 
Brook, 72, 94. 
Hill. 83, 182, 209. 
Pine Swamp, 81. 
Pond Hill. 155, 156. 
Prentice, Thomas, 14. 19, 25-27, 29, 
31. 32. 39. 44, 46, 49, 50, 51, 
54, 63, 74, 95, 96, 131, 144, 
179, 188, 201. 207, 208, 225. 
President and Council, 43. 45, 48, 49 
Proprietary Records of Worcester, 
condition of, 10, 11. 
Written Copy of. 11. 
Proprietors, list of old. 62. 
Prospect Hill, 91. 93, 105, 116. 120, 
142, 164. 194. 
Little, 158, 164, 194. 
Prospect Brook, 128, 142, 283. 

Meadow. 116, 148, 155. 156, 
158. 159, 164. 194. 
Provender, John, 27. 
Putnam. |ames. 289, 29U. 



Quinsigamond Pond. 1 2. 14, 26, 39. 

68, 77, 81. 91. in. 140, 143, 
163. 170, 173, 178. 192. 



Raccoon Plain. 41. 75, 76. 
Rams' Island, 163. 
Randolph, Ed. 49. 
Rates. Town, 15. 
Rattlesnake Den. 83; Hill, 93- 



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Rawson, Edward, 12. 14. 

Read, Christopher, 40. 

Receipts for money paid, 245, 268, 

289. 
Records, County, to be examined, 

3°9- 
Early, of Worcester. 217. 

to be searched, 261, 263. 

Refugee, John Chandler a Tory, 316. 

Rice, Absolom. 269, 316. 

Adonijah, 295. 

Elisha, 53. 64, 68, 90, 109-m. 

129. 130. 172. 176, 195, 210, 

214. 224. 

Ephraim, 53, 64. 99, 100. 110, 

*33< 142, 152, 17°- »8l, 184- 
186, 225. 248. 
Ephraim. Jr. 53. 64, 109, 1 1 5, 
117, 119. 129. 130, 169, 186, 

201, 225. 

Gershom, 54. 59, 62, 66, 72. 74, 
94. 96. 97, 107. 112, 114, 121- 
123. 127-130, 134, 169, 181, 
182, 192. 196, 198, 199, 201, 
207, 214, 217, 220, 222, 224, 
226, 230, 243. 244, 246, 248- 
250. 255, 264. 288, 295. 

Gershom, Jr. 174, 192, 203. 222, 
234- 253. 254, 288. 

James, 53, 54, 63, 65-67. 92, 94, 
97, 115, 117, 122, 123. 135, 
136. 165, 169. 181, 19S, 199, 

202, 207, 224, 234, 236. 
Jonas. 54. 59, 62, 63. 65, 66, 82, 

87. 92, 100, 115-117, 119, 121- 
123, 129, 133, 155, 158. 163, 
169, 171. 173. 176. 181, 188. 
195. 200. 218-222. 224, 229, 
230- 235, 240, 248. 255. 261. 
263, 265, 267. 270. 272-282, 
284, 285, 308. 
Jonathan. 31 7. 318. 



Rice, Joshua, 53. 54. 71. 92, 137. 

146. 147. 150. 152, 153, 166, 

167, 181, 199, 206. 222. 236, 

238. 305. 
Josiah. 53. 64. 99, 110, 115, 116 

133. 176, 183, 192. 195. 225. 
Moses, 158, 218, 220, 221. 225, 

228-232, 239. 244, 245. 247, 

248, 255. 
Thomas, 269. 
Richardson. Thomas, (of Leicester) 

217. 
Ripley. 54. 122. 123, 135, 136, 

169. 202. 
George, 66. 
Rocky Hill. 83. 86. 
Roper, Ephraim. 288. 
Rosbury, George, 51. 
Rules for Government. 14. 
Rutland Road, 105, 161, 188. 



Sagatobscot Hill. 68, 94. 99, 1 10, 152 
176. 181, 195. 

Salter. Eneas, 53. 91, 92. 118, 134. 
143- l6 3> >7 8 < '92. 224. 230, 
246. 
Mrs. 63. 

Sarjent or Sergeant, Dickery. 40. 51, 
53- 6 3, 7>- 94- 105. '»7< 133, 
152. 173. '77- '79- 181, 182, 
197, 199, 210, 216, 225. 
Martha, 11 3- 11 7. 

Saw Mill, 17, 18, 38,43.45- 

School and Schoolmaster, land for, 
18, 38. 53, IOI, 162. 168. 184, 
194. 201. 218, 225, 258, 261, 
263. 267. 280. 283, 291. 

School House, land for, 17. 

Schoolmaster to be procured, 38. 

Shaw, John. 27, 28, 30. 

Sheep Common, 184. 



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Shrewsbury, 188. 

Simpson. Samuel, 44. 

Skinner. Thomas, 31. 

Smith, 54, 201. See also Elliott 

and Smith. 
Elisha, Jr. 291, 295. 
John. 74-76. 131, 160. 165. 169, 

201, 206, 208, 222, 264, 288. 
Robert, 316, 317. 
Snake Hill, 151, 190, 210. 
South Brook, see Kettle Brook. 
South End of the Town, number of 

Lots in, 43. 
South Hill, 196. 
South Part, 219. 
Springfield, 13. 
Squadrons or Divisions. 21. 23, 24, 

27. 29. 
Stearns, John, 53, 89. 105, 108. 120, 

142. 158, 167, 172. 177, 181, 

193. 194. 196. 20S, 210, 215, 

238, 245. 
Mary, 312, 316. 
Thomas, 221, 222. 227-229, 233- 

235. 238. 240. 243-247, 254, 

257. 261-263. 267. 269, 270, 

280. 283, 293, 294. 306. 307. 

315- 

Stow ell, John, 269. 

Stowers. John. 317, 31S. 
Subscribers' Names, 321. 
Sugar Pond, 132. 
Suits in Law, 267. 

Surveyors appointed, 222, 242, 253, 
278. 



Tatnuck, 173. 

Hill, 149, 171. 191. 208, 210, 
254. 28S. 

Taylor. 163. 207. 

James. 54, 64, 68, 69, 81, in. 
112, 134. 182, 196, 199. 221. 



Taylor, James (continued) 222, 225, 
228-230. 232, 243. 245, 247, 
253, 264, 288. 
Othniel, 291. 
William. 30. 31, 59, 62, 77-79, 

317- 
Temple. Richard, 238, 243, 284. 

Terell, 54, 63, 126, 127. 

Ting, Jonathan. 53. 63, 91, 127, 128, 

«54. 155. l6 4> ^5- 22 4- 

Tomlin. 54, 63, 127, 133, 158, 

224. 

Isaac, 85, 126. 

Matthew, 80, 95. 

Sarah, 83-86. 88. 101. 
Townsend. Benjamin, 53. 64, 98. 
Training Ground. 17, 38, 1 13, 184. 
Treadaway. Jonathan, 30. 

Nathaniel, II. 
Treasurer elected, 228. 
Tree, Richard, 31. 
Trespassers. 261, 262. 
Turell. Daniel, 79, 84, 85, 88, 124, 

128, 158. 224. 264. 
Turkey Brook. 158. 

Meadow, 137. 167, 199. 

U 

Upham. John, 31. 

Phineas. 23. 
Usher, Bridget, 23. 46-48, 53, 63. 83 
91. 93, 102. 127, 128, 152. 166 
199. 224. 
Hezekiah. 47, 48, 91, 93, 121. 

W 

Waight, Joseph, 27. 

Waldo. 53, 214, 274. 

Cornelius. 124. 126. 254, 256, 

260. 262. 266. 267, 274, 275. 
Jonathan, 154. 155, 164. 180, 
181. 183. 185. 186, 188, 200, 
204, 210. 
Samuel. 264, 280, 287. 









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Wallace, Widow. 287. 
William. 287. 

Ward. 122. 

Daniel, 218. 231. 235, 238. 243,' 

262, 312. 
Widow Johanah. 150, 158, 166. 

167. 171, 172, 179, 191, 193- ! 

196, 204, 205, 237, 254. 
Nahum, 223, 225. 
Obediah. 54, 64, 72, 97, 127, 

128, 169. 199. 206, 224, 237. j 
Richard, 54, 64, 81, 127, 128.1 

145. 149. 186, 205. 213, 224. 

239- 
Ward's Line, 271, 288. 
Warrants for Proprietors' Meetings. 

217. 219. 252, 260, 261. 273. 

277, 293. 298. 299. 301, 306. 

308, 310. 313, 316, 317. 
Weazle Brook, 132. 154, 155. 
Web, Benjamin, 25, 26, 31. 
Weeks, William, 51, 

Wheeler, 64, 132. 215. 

Abraham. 222. 230, 250. 

Isaac. 54. 64. 82. 83, 105, 108. j 

109. 134, 151, I55i 2o8 > 2 °9- 

224. 
Thomas, 98, 281. 283, 2S4, 291/ 



White, Isaac, 208. 

John. 317. 
Whitney, 292. 

Widow Johanah, 256, 257. 
Wigwam Hill, 68. 81, 173, 280, 291, 
Wil, a mulatto, 40. 
Wiley, Joseph, 287. 
Willard, Nahum, 283. 

Williams, 92. 

Wellington, 259. 

Ebenezer, 317. 

Wing, John, 40-46, 48, 54, 59. 63. 71, 
83, 84, 91, 93, 101, 102, 124, 
125. 127, 134. 156. 158, 224, 

2 55- 
Winter Hill. 197. 
Winthrop. Adam, 42, 46-48. 54, 59, 

62, 77-79- 93- IO, « I02 - I2 3- 
132, 149. 155, 158. 194. 198, 
208, 222. 225, 238, 254, '260. 
261. 263. 283. 284. 
Woods,, 199. 



Young. William, 278. 279, 285-287, 
290-292. 312. 315. 



